Amid a change of guard in Sri Lanka, many former Indian diplomats on Monday said the results of the presidential election in the island country were on expected lines and going forward, the two neighb

India will also show a willingness to work with the new leader and expand bilateral ties, especially as it deals with an increasingly politically volatile neighborhood.

Dissanayake’s win dealt a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago.