Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa departs from Maldives

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Photo: Reuters

Malé, Maldives – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has departed from Maldives enroute to Sri Lanka on Saudia flight SV788 at 11:30 today.

President Gotabaya was accompanied by his wife and two bodyguards. The plane will land in Changi Airport, Singapore at 19:16 Singapore time.

Local media reports that security forces entered the plane before Gotabaya’s embarkment.