Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya leaves for Singapore
Rajapaksa departed from the Maldives on Saudi Airlines flight SV 788 to Singapore, they said.
By : PTI
Update: 2022-07-14 07:29 GMT
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left the Maldives for Singapore after fleeing his country amid an economic crisis, sources said.
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Rajapaksa departed from the Maldives on Saudi Airlines flight SV 788 to Singapore, they said.
Rajapaksa, the 73-year-old leader who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country, escalating the political crisis and triggering a fresh wave of protests.
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