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Context:
India has rejected an offer by Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen to send a special envoy to discuss the ongoing emergency in Maldives
What has happened?
- Maldivian President Yameen has sent special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to brief them about the deepening political crisis in the country.
- Questions were raised if Maldives in doing so had ignored its ‘India First’ policy.
- However, the charges were denied by Maldivian Ambassador to India who further added that the envoy was cancelled on request of the Indian government
- Indian sources confirmed that the government had rejected the offer of an envoy because of protocol and scheduling reasons. Indian government has also been unhappy with President Yameen’s declaration of emergency and the military crackdown that followed.
- India’s response indicates a growing strain in ties between India and Maldives
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