British media: former President of Sri Lanka will leave Singapore to Thailand to seek temporary asylum

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Reuters quoted two sources on the 10th that former Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa will leave Singapore to Bangkok, Thailand on the 11th and seek temporary asylum.

Thai Director and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand said on Twitter on the 10th that the trip to Thailand, the former President Rajapaksa, was based on the request made by the Sri Lanka. This matter. Rajapaksa holds a diplomatic passport. According to relevant regulations, it can be exempted from visa to Thailand for no more than 90 days. Tani said that Rajapaksa stayed in Thailand for a short stay, Sri La Fang said that Rajapaksa had no intention of seeking political asylum in Thailand, and he would go to other countries. In response to Rajapaksa's entry into Thailand, Sri Langfang has no response.

Lajapaksa, who faced the pressure of Sri Lanka due to the large -scale anti -government demonstration of Sri Lanka, officially resigned after taking a military plane to the Maldives on July 13, and was allowed to enter Singapore on the 14th. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore confirmed that Rajapaksa entered the country in the name of private access and did not apply for political asylum. Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" said on the 10th that Lajapaksa's visa held in Singapore was a short -term tourist visa on the 14th. The visa was postponed and will fail on August 11. (Zhen Xiang)