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Quick Glance: Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa is scheduled to fly to Singapore through the Maldives, according to a government source.
- COLOMBO, 13 JULY (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was scheduled to go to Singapore after escaping to the Maldives in the early hours of Wednesday, according to a government source in Sri Lanka, as protests in Colombo continued.
- According to the source, who did not want to be identified due to the delicacy of the matter, Rajapaksa might send his resignation to the speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament after arriving in Singapore.
- An adviser to Rajapaksa and the Singapore administration did not reply to requests for comment right away.
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