COMMONWEALTH AND MALDIVES

July 12, 2019

India has urged the Commonwealth to expedite readmission of the Maldives as a member country.

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  • External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar conveyed India’s stand at the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London. The support came weeks after PM Modi visited Maldives in his first overseas trip after his re-election.

  • The Maldives withdrew from the Commonwealth during the tenure of President Abdullah Yameen in 2016.

Source : The Hindu