President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assumed duties at the Presidential Secretariat a short-while ago. Rajapaksa took oaths as the 7th Executive President of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka at the Ruwanwelisaya premises in Anuradhapura yesterday. A gun salute was fired at Galle Face today in honor of the President-elect. Rajapaksa was warmly welcomed by the former President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat premises. [foogallery id="58923"]