Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, derided by a strong popular movement, left his country early Wednesday, July 13 aboard a military plane heading for the Maldives, AFP learned from official sources.
The 73-year-old leader, who vowed to step down and had unsuccessfully attempted to leave the country on Tuesday, took off with his wife and a bodyguard in an Antonov-32, officials told AFP. immigration services.