Sri Lanka: President Gota to visit India

Present-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted the invitation by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi to visit India as his maiden official visit as the President of Sri Lanka.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won the Sri Lankan presidential election after a closely fought race against ruling party candidate Sajith Premadasa, with the country's Election Commission declaring him the winner on Sunday.