Maldives briefs Sri Lanka on sniper's arrest

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Maldives top representative in Sri Lanka have briefed the country's foreign office about the arrest of a Sri Lankan sniper in the Maldives, the Maldives foreign ministry announced yesterday via there twitter account.

In a tweet, the foreign ministry said Maldives High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Zahiya Zareer met with the Sri Lankan foreign secretary “in a scheduled meeting.” Monday morning. On Sunday it was reported that Zahiya was summoned by the country’s external affairs ministry over a previous incident involving the repatriation of a Maldivian national from Sri Lanka wanted in connection with a recent plot to kill the Maldives president. Sri Lanka extradited last week a suspect arrested in connection to an explosion aboard a presidential speedboat late September.

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