India failed Maldives, MP Hamid tells Indian media
22 Jan 2014, 3:53 PM
Daniel Bosley
“Howsoever much India talks about democracy but it failed the people here,” opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Hamid Abdul Ghafoor told India’s Zee News this week.
The comments came as the Indian and Maldivian governments prepared to celebrate bilateral ties with a week of cultural events.
The Dosti-Ekuverikan week also follows the recent state visit of President Abdulla Yameen to India.
Speaking at the inauguration of the week’s events on Monday (January 20), Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed praised the “long-standing historical bonds” between the two states.
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