Sri Lanka presidential election results

Sri Lanka's parliament on July 20 elected Ranil Wickramasinghe, the country's former prime minister, as its new president, Deutsche Welle reported. He got 134 votes. and his opponent Dulla Allahaperuma - 82.

The new president urged the opponent to work together "to bring the country out of the crisis." The first priority is to negotiate financial assistance with the International Monetary Fund.