Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister of Sri Lanka has sent a congratulatory message to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of the National League for Democracy on the recent landslide victory at the elections held in Myanmar.
The text of the message is as follows:-
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14th November 2015
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Chairperson
National League for Democracy (NLD)
Headquarters
Yangoon
Excellency,
It is with immense pleasure that I extend my warmest congratulations on the historic victory achieved by the National League for Democracy (NLD) at the election held on 8th November 2015.
Your relentless struggle for democracy over the years through peaceful means and sacrifice has given you and your party this landslide victory. The strong mandate given by the people of Myanmar is a testimony of the deep faith and confidence they have placed in your inspiring leadership, to guide Myanmar to greater prosperity.
This year, the people of Sri Lanka too reconfirmed their faith in democracy by electing President Maithripala Sirisena and the present Parliament. Sri Lanka looks forward to working together with Myanmar in strengthening democratic institutions of our two countries.
Sri Lanka and Myanmar maintains age-old relations based on shared historical, religious and cultural affinities. I look forward to working with you and the new Government of Myanmar, to further cement the historic and strong bonds that exist between our two countries.
Please accept my sincere best wishes for your personal well-being as well as the progress and prosperity of the friendly people of Myanmar.
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Colombo
14 November 2015
