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Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves for Singapore from Maldives
Updated On: 14 July, 2022 01:11 PM IST | Male/Colombo | PTI
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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Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Pic/AFP
Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left the Maldives for Singapore after fleeing his country amidst the worst economic and political crisis faced by the island nation in decades.
Rajapaksa has departed from the Maldives on Saudi Airline flight SV 788 to Singapore, sources said.
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