Participating in an event to mark the completion of one year since Maithripala Sirisena became President, Mr. Gandhi, who served here as High Commissioner during 2000-2002, said “all that made the earlier Constitution vulnerable would have to be kept firmly out and all that makes for the federal spirit within a unitary system strengthened.”

Underscoring the importance of the 1987 Accord between India and Sri Lanka, the former diplomat underscored the importance of the Accord, telling “there cannot be a better anchor for the ship of Sri Lanka’s inclusive unity than that India-Sri Lanka accord."