AFP has declared a state of emergency in the country after the President of Sri Lanka Gotabata Rajapakse migrating to Maldives, according to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office.
Earlier, Sri Lankan President Gotaba Rajapaksa took a military plane last night on the Maldives Palli.
The Prime Minister's Office said that the president was out of the country and the country was declared a state of emergency, Prime Minister's spokesman Dinoke Colomboz confirmed the information to AFP.
