IRNA � Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena cabled a message on Wednesday to President-elect Hassan Rouhani to congratulate his re-election as the country's president.

In the message, he expressed the hope to witness bolstering of mutual relations during Rouhani�s taking office.

'I would like to congratulate you as the new Iranian president on behalf of the Sri Lankan nation and wishing you all the best,' he said.

�I am very interested to pay a visit to Iran to help broaden mutual cooperation between the two countries,' he said in his message.

Previously a large number of top officials from different world countries congratulated Rouhani on his re-election.

The 12th presidential election was held nationwide and in 102 world countries on May 19 and Rouhani re-elected as president scoring 57% of votes.