Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, on Friday, congratulated the United National Party leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe on being elected as Sri Lanka's prime minister at Monday's general election.
“Australia has a close and long-standing bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka. We are working closely with Sri Lanka to grow trade and investment and increase cooperation on security and transnational crime, particularly countering people smuggling,” she said in a statement.
"We will continue to support Sri Lanka as it makes progress on national reconciliation," she further added.
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“Australia has a close and long-standing bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka. We are working closely with Sri Lanka to grow trade and investment and increase cooperation on security and transnational crime, particularly countering people smuggling,” she said in a statement.
"We will continue to support Sri Lanka as it makes progress on national reconciliation," she further added.
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