AMN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Moon Jae-in for his election as South Korean President.
In his tweets in English and Korean languages, Mr Modi said he looks forward to meeting Mr Moon soon and working closely as strategic partners.
Moon, South Korea’s first liberal leader in a decade, assumed presidential duties yesterday after the National Election Commission declared him winner.
The special election was necessitated by the ousting of conservative Park Geun-hye, whose downfall and jailing on corruption charges is one of the most turbulent stretches in the South Korea’s recent political history.