Maldives top representative in Sri Lanka has briefed the foreign office about the arrest of the Sri Lankan sniper in the Maldives, the Maldives foreign ministry announced Monday.

In a tweet, the foreign ministry has said Maldives High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Zahiya Zareer met with the Sri Lankan foreign secretary “in a scheduled meeting” Monday morning.

“… Zahiya meets Sri Lanka [foreign secretary and] briefs about the arrest of Sri Lankan national suspected of conspiring to assassinate Maldives president,” a second tweet by the ministry read.