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The Ministry of External Affairs said India will continue to assist the island nation and support its people in their quest for stability and prosperity through democratic means.
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The six-time prime minister succeeded Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled Sri Lanka and resigned from his post last week after mass protests over his handling of the economy.
The win for acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposed by many ordinary Sri Lankans, could lead to more demonstrations by people.
Wickremesinghe will face-off against Dullas Alahapperuma, a staunch Sinhala Buddhist nationalist, and the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Sri Lanka's ruling party has said they would nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the presidency when the Parliament elects a new President on July 20.
Rajapaksa, who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country.
Wickremesinghe is under pressure to quit before the expected resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is said to be flying from the Maldives to Singapore.
From the Maldives, the embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down after a people's uprising over a devastating economic crisis.