During his farewell call on Prime Minister Gunawardena on December 10, the outgoing Indian envoy thanked the Sri Lankan leader for the unstinted support extended to him during his tenure to strengthen age-old friendly ties between the two countries, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades.