Government complains of UK refusal to meet Cherie Blair
The Maldives has lashed out at the UK foreign office’s alleged refusal to allow Cherie Blair to accompany Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon to a meeting in London.
19 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
The Maldives has lashed out at the UK foreign office’s alleged refusal to allow Cherie Blair to accompany Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon to a meeting in London.
Blair’s presence at the meeting is “vital to give both a full and comprehensive briefing on the current case facing former President [Mohamed] Nasheed, as well as on other key reforms that are being undertaken with their assistance,” the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Blair is the chair of Omnia Strategy, a legal firm employed by the Maldivian government for an undisclosed fee, to respond to a petition filed at the UN over Nasheed’s imprisonment and to instigate legal reforms.
The foreign ministry went on to accuse Hugo Swire, the minister of state for the foreign and Commonwealth office, of taking a biased position over Nasheed’s jailing on a terrorism charge.
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