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Indian envoy to attend Sirisena swearing-in

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By Prakash Bhargava

New Delhi, Jan 9  India’s high commissioner to Sri Lanka, Y.K. Sinha, will attend the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo Friday evening.

This was stated by external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin. Sirisena defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential race held Thursday.