COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left Maldives after fleeing his own country amid an economic collapse.
He boarded a Saudi Airlines plane on Wednesday that will take him to Singapore and then to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a Maldives government officials said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Update: Plane carrying Sri Lankan president lands in Singapore
Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka early Wednesday as protesters were taking over government buildings to demand he resign.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left Maldives after fleeing his own country amid an economic collapse.
He boarded a Saudi Airlines plane on Wednesday that will take him to Singapore and then to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a Maldives government officials said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Update: Plane carrying Sri Lankan president lands in Singapore
Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka early Wednesday as protesters were taking over government buildings to demand he resign.
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