Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who left the country late on Tuesday, arrived in the Maldives on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
According to the report, the president left the country aboard an An-32 plane. He is accompanied by his wife and a bodyguard. The plane is headed towards the Maldives.
The president of Sri Lanka earlier wrote a resignation letter, dated July 13. According to Daily Mirror, the document has been handed over to a high-ranking governmental official, who is to deliver it to Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. The speaker is to make an official announcement about Rajapaksa’s resignation on Wednesday.
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