Sri Lanka, Sept. 28 -- Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit on Saturday and discussed bilateral relations and regional and international issues of mutual concern.

Prime Minister Modi congratulated Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on his assumption of office with a decisive mandate at the Parliamentary Election held in Sri Lanka in August 2020. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed his gratitude for the good wishes and conveyed his keenness to work together closely with Prime Minister Modi.

The leaders recalled the successful State visits by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to India in November 2019 and February 2020, respectively. These visits...