<p class="title">Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday expressed sorrow at the demise of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, saying that her efforts to achieve regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a condolence message sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said,</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I have always known Mrs Swaraj as a true friend of Sri Lanka, a neighbour and a relative of Sri Lanka who held a pleasing personality.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wickremesinghe said that Swaraj's focus on the bilateral relationship while keeping an interest on achieving regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During her tenure as the Indian foreign minister, the level of friendship between the two countries achieved greater heights, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Swaraj breathed her last Tuesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 67.</p>
<p class="title">Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday expressed sorrow at the demise of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, saying that her efforts to achieve regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a condolence message sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said,</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I have always known Mrs Swaraj as a true friend of Sri Lanka, a neighbour and a relative of Sri Lanka who held a pleasing personality.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wickremesinghe said that Swaraj's focus on the bilateral relationship while keeping an interest on achieving regional policy objectives made a lasting impression among the Lankan public.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During her tenure as the Indian foreign minister, the level of friendship between the two countries achieved greater heights, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Swaraj breathed her last Tuesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 67.</p>