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Newsday: 13/07/2022 06:06 GMT : Sri Lanka’s president expected to leave Maldives

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13/07/2022 06:06 GMT : Sri Lanka’s president expected to leave Maldives

Sri Lanka’s president expected to leave Maldives

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Sources say Gotabaya Rajapaksa intends to travel on to a third country

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis

Protestors gathered outside the presidential palace in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, have greeted with cheers the news that the country's president, Gotobaya Rajapaksa, has fled the country. He had promised to resign today, but has now flown to the Maldives with his wife. 

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