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Sri Lanka condoles on Saudi king's death

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Newly elected Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday offered his deepest condolences to the people of Saudi Arabia over the demise of its leader, King Abdullah, the president's media unit said. "President Maithripala Sirisena has expressed his deepest condolences and offered sympathy to the people of Saudi Arabia upon the death of King Abdullah,"the media unit said.

The Saudi King Abdullah ibn Abdilaziz passed away in the early hours of Friday at the age of 90.

Despite cordial relations with Saudi Arabia since 1974, Sri Lanka was forced to recall its envoy last year in response to the beheading of a Sri Lankan housemaid in January 2013.

However, Saudi Arabia said earlier last year that it was eyeing new labour agreements covering domestic workers from six countries including Sri Lanka in the next phase of the kingdom's historic workplace relations reforms. Endi