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President Maithripala Sirisena congratulated President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday in a Twitter message, on the latter's recent electoral victory.
“Congratulations to President of Russia Mr. Vladimir Putin on his solid victory of the Presidential Election,” he wrote on Twitter. “We are confident in the Russian people's ability to achieve new level of progress in the country's development under his leadership in the new term.”
President Putin was re-elected for a six-year term by a wide margin on March 18.