Times of Islamabad

Sri Lanka’s new President Rajapaksa has a strong link and bond with Pakistan: Report

Sri Lanka’s new President Rajapaksa has a strong link and bond with Pakistan: Report

ISLAMABAD – Sri Lanka’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has a strong linkand bond with Pakistan.

Sri Lanka’s newly sworn-in President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is a retiredmilitary officer. Rajapaksa assumed the office on 18th November afterwinning the elections and has pledged to make national security his toppriority.

The interesting thing about the 70-year-old leader is that he is an alumniof the Military College of Signals (MCS), which now comes under theNational University of Science & Technology (NUST).——————————

He got his training under the ‘Signal Young Officers Course’ for a periodof 3 months in 1972 at MCS in Rawalpindi. NUST has taken to Twitter tocongratulate Rajapaksa on his victory in the elections:

Experts believe that the former Lieutenant Colonel’s appointment as SriLankan President bodes well for Pakistan especially after he announced toadopt a neutral foreign policy.