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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Rodrigo Paz Pereira on his election as Bolivia’s president.

“Warm congratulations, Mr Rodrigo Paz Pereira, on your election as the President of Bolivia," Modi said in a post on X.

Paz won Bolivia’s presidential election on Sunday, defeating former president Jorge Tuto Quiroga.

Highlighting the longstanding ties between the two nations, Modi said, “Close and friendly relations between India and Bolivia have long underpinned our mutually beneficial cooperation. I look forward to deepening our partnership for shared progress and prosperity in the years to come."

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule.

With 97.8 percent of bal

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