{"id":26988,"date":"2024-10-02T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=26988"},"modified":"2024-10-04T20:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:48:53","slug":"adb-president-congratulates-sl-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=26988","title":{"rendered":"ADB President Congratulates SL President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa, congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election as the President of Sri Lanka.<br \/>Mr. Asakawa also praised the people of Sri Lanka for conducting a peaceful and orderly democratic election. He highlighted the longstanding partnership between ADB and Sri Lanka, which has existed since the Bank&#8217;s establishment in 1966. Over the years, ADB has been a steadfast partner in addressing Sri Lanka&#8217;s challenges and, during the current economic crisis, has provided crucial budgetary support to strengthen reform initiatives and alleviate the hardships faced by the country&#8217;s most vulnerable populations.<br \/>The ADB President emphasized the vital role of President Dissanayake&#8217;s leadership in stabilizing the economy and steering it towards a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future. He reaffirmed ADB&#8217;s commitment to deepening its cooperation with Sri Lanka as the nation undertakes significant reforms to unlock its full potential. Mr. Asakawa concluded by expressing his best wishes for President Dissanayake&#8217;s success in fulfilling the aspirations of the Sri Lankan people.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-26988' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=26988&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-26988' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-26988' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-26988' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-26988'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-26988' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-26988 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa, congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106,97,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-smartphones","category-political","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26990,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26988\/revisions\/26990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}