KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday sent congratulatory message to the newly-elected president of Sri Lanka Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
Rajapaksa was on Monday sworn in as the Sri Lankan president a day after he was declared the winner in the closely fought election in the South Asian island nation.
Rajapaksa, who is the first retired military officer to assume the top office, appealed to minority Tamils and Muslims - who form about 20 percent of Sri Lanka's 22 million population - to rally around him.
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