Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khalil is on a three-day visit to India.
The Maldives called the Washington Post report false. Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khalil, visiting India, said in an interview to a news channel on Saturday that some people wanted to create a rift in the relations between the two countries. We saw this news. We don’t know where he got this information from.
Khalil said-
This report is false, untrue and baseless. There is no truth in this report. The governments of Maldives and India understand that we are striving for good and strong relations with each other.
Abdullah Khalil is on tour in India. He met Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday. During this meeting, it was discussed to encourage the use of local currency in bilateral trade between India and Maldives. Jaishankar said India has always stood with Maldives.
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khalil with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during a meeting in New Delhi on Friday.
India said Washington Post had no credibility
India on Friday called the information false and raised questions about the Washington Post’s credibility. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said:
You can see a pattern in their activity. I’ll leave it up to you to believe them or not. As far as we are concerned, we think he has no credibility.
Claim in the report – India tried to influence the elections In the Washington Post report published on December 30, it was claimed that India tried to influence the elections held in the Maldives. The Modi government wanted pro-India Ibrahim Solih to win the elections. When Muizzu won the elections, the Modi government tried to make a pro-India leader the president of the Maldives.
It was also claimed that Indian intelligence agency RAW discussed the impeachment of President Muizzu with leaders of Maldives opposition parties.
This Washington Post report appeared on December 30.
The Washington Post claimed to have documents titled Democratic Renewal Initiative. There is a plan to remove Muizzu from power. According to the report, a plan was hatched to bribe 40 MPs to remove Muizzu from power. Among them are deputies from Muizzu’s party.
According to the report, in addition to MPs, money was planned to be given to 10 senior army and police officers and some criminal gangs. According to the report, the conspirators had demanded Rs 51 crore for this. The Washington Post quoted two Maldivian officials as saying that this amount should be demanded from India.
Former President Nasheed said: India will never do this
However, former Maldives President and opposition party leader Mohammed Nasheed also rejected the report. He had said that he was not aware of any such conspiracy and that India would never support such a conspiracy. He said India would never take such a step as it always supports Maldives democracy. India has never imposed conditions on us.
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