Sri Lanka president flees to Maldives ahead of expected resignation ...Middle East

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s embattled president flew out of his country to the Maldives early today, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests against his island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis.Gotabaya Rajapaksa had promised at the weekend to resign today and clear the way for a “peaceful transition of power” after fleeing his official residence in Colombo just before tens of thousands of protesters overran it.As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest, and he is believed to have wanted to go abroad before stepping down to avoid the possibility of being detained.He, his wife and a bodyguard were among four passengers on board an Antonov-32 military a

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