President greets Sri Lanka on its Independence Day

Posted on 4th Feb 2015 01:29 pm by mohit kumar

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday extended his greetings to the government and people of Sri Lanka on the eve of the country's 67th anniversary of independence.

In his message to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Mukherjee said India and Sri Lanka were close neighbours with a long-standing relationship of friendship and cooperation based on shared linguistic, religious and cultural traditions.

"On behalf of the government and the people of India and on my own behalf, it gives me great pleasure to extend to your excellency and to the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka warm greetings and felicitations on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of your Independence," the president said.

He said the bilateral ties have matured over time to embrace all areas of contemporary significance.

"I am confident that our traditional bonds will expand and flourish to our mutual benefit in the years to come," the president said.

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