Sri Lanka, March 31 -- Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged the Sri Lankan government to dispatch a medical team, including military personnel, to Myanmar to assist those affected by the recent earthquake.

Issuing a special statement, Wickremesinghe emphasized Sri Lanka's long-standing ties with Myanmar and stressed the importance of providing humanitarian relief.

"My proposal to the government is to send a medical team, including doctors from the army's medical corps, along with essential medicines and equipment, to set up a temporary hospital in Myanmar," he said.

Drawing parallels to Sri Lanka's past humanitarian efforts, he recalled the country's response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

"When there was an earthquake in Ne...