Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, waves to the media after disembarking from a plane in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited the country in 2008. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, center left is received by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, in white as he arrives at the Mattala International airport in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Sri Lanka President's Office via AP)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, waves to the media after disembarking from a plane in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited the country in 2008. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, second right, and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a grey suit, inaugurate the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project in Uma Oya , about 180km (112miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The project was scheduled for completion in 2015 but was delayed by the sanctions, technical issues and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sri Lankan government said. (Sri Lanka President's Office via AP)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe shake hands at the inauguration of the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project in Uma Oya, about 180km (112miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The project was scheduled for completion in 2015 but was delayed by the sanctions, technical issues and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sri Lankan government said. (Sri Lanka President's Office via AP)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, disembarks from a plane as he arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited the country in 2008. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left is received by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena as he arrives at the Mattala International airport in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Sri Lanka President's Office via AP)
FILE- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi places his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect to the crowd during the funeral ceremony of the victims of Wednesday's bomb explosion in the city of Kerman about 510 miles (820 kms) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 5, 2024. Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday to inaugurate a hydro-power irrigation scheme that had long been delayed due to international sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)