24/09/24 (Agence Europe) – In a press release issued by the European External Action Service (EEAS) on Monday 23 September, the European Union congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election as President of Sri Lanka on 21 September, welcoming the high turnout and the peaceful conduct of the elections. At the invitation of the Sri Lankan Election Commission, the EU deployed an Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to assess the process (see EUROPE B13487A21). In a preliminary...