Maldives briefs SL on sniper's arrest

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.