XINHUA, SINGAPORE :
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew into Singapore from the Maldives on Thursday evening, the Straits Times reported.
The Singaporean newspaper said Rajapaksa arrived on board a Saudi flight, which landed at Singapore’s Changi airport at 7:17 pm local time (1117 GMT).
It is not clear how long he will stay in Singapore or if he has another destination in mind, the newspaper added.
Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka for the Maldives on Wednesday, just hours before his resignation was expected to be announced, amid a severe economic crisis that has sparked protests in the country.
Sri Lankan Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena confirmed on Wednesday that a new president will be elected on July 20 through a vote in parliament.
