Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa Entry Singapore

Xinhua News Agency, Singapore, July 14 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) Singapore Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed on the evening of the 14th that Sri Lanka President Gotapaa Rajapaksa has been allowed to enter Singapore in the name of private access.

The spokesman said on the media inquiries on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Lajapaksa did not seek asylum, and Singapore did not give him asylum.Singapore generally does not approve the request to seek asylum.

According to Singapore media reports, Rajapaksa arrived at Saudi Arabia at about 7:20 pm Singapore time at about 7:20 pm Singapore time from Maldives.

A protests broke out on the 9th.At the emergency party meeting held in the afternoon of the same day, most political party leaders asked the president and the Prime Minister to resign immediately and set up an interim government participating in each party as soon as possible.Rajapaksa said he would resign on the 13th.Prime Minister Sri Lanka confirmed on the 13th that Rajapaksa had left the country.

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