Sri Lanka’s former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera passed away on Tuesday at a private hospital here due to COVID-19 related complications. As per information from the source,  Samaraweera, 65, contracted the virus earlier this month and was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) of the Lanka Hospital.

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has expressed condolences on the death of former Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. "Samaraweera was a warm and generous personality and a true friend of India. May his soul rest in peace," Jaishankar said in a tweet. He has also served as a Minister of Mass Media, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance in previous Sri Lankan governments.

A proponent of liberal democratic politics, Mr. Samaraweera held many senior Cabinet positions since 1994, including the Ministry of Finance. Samaraweera, who was Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister twice between 2005 and 2007 and from 2015-2017, was the second-highest ranking Sri Lankan politician to succumb to COVID after the death of former parliamentary Speaker WJM Lokubandara.

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