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Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khalil is on a 3-day visit to India.
Maldives has termed the Washington Post report as false. Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khalil, who is on a visit to India, said in an interview with a news channel on Saturday that some people want to create a rift in the relations between the two countries. We have seen that news. We don’t know from where he got this information.
Khalil said-
This report is fake, false and baseless. There is no truth in this report. Both the Government of Maldives and India understand that we are working to have good and strong relations between us.
Abdullah Khalil is on a tour of India. He met India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday. During this, there was talk of encouraging the use of local currency in bilateral trade between India and Maldives. Jaishankar said that India has always stood with Maldives.
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khalil with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a meeting in New Delhi on Friday.
India had said- Washington Post has no credibility
India on Friday had called this report false and raised questions on the credibility of Washington Post. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said-
You can see a pattern in their activity. I leave it to you to believe them or not. As far as we are concerned, we believe that he has no credibility.
Claim in the report- India tried to influence the elections The Washington Post report published on December 30 claimed that India had tried to influence the elections held in Maldives. 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 Maldives.
It was also claimed that India’s intelligence agency RAW had discussed the removal of President Muizzu with the opposition party leaders of Maldives.
This report of Washington Post came on December 30.
The Washington Post had claimed that it had some documents named Democratic Renewal Initiative. There is a plan to remove Muizzu from power. According to the report, a plan was made to bribe 40 MPs to remove Muizzu from power. Among them are MPs from Muizzu’s party.
According to the report, apart from the MPs, a plan was also made to give money to 10 senior officers of the army and police 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 was to be demanded from India.
Former President Nasheed said – India will never do this
However, former Maldivian President and opposition party leader, Mohammed Nasheed also rejected the report. He had said that he was not aware of any such conspiracy and India would never support such a conspiracy. He said that India would never take such a step, as it always supports the democracy of Maldives. India never imposed conditions on us.
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