Minister dispatched to Pakistan as Yameen’s special envoy
Azima Shukoor’s visit comes amidst a lobbying effort by the government to avoid action by the Commonwealth over widely condemned human rights abuses, including the imprisonment of former President Mohamed Nasheed and other opposition leaders.
30 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Aishath Azima Shukoor, legal affairs minister at the president’s office, departed to Pakistan this morning as a special envoy of President Abdulla Yameen.
“Minister Azima is scheduled to meet with senior officials of the Pakistani Government to further strengthen the existing bilateral relations between the Maldives and Pakistan,” the president’s office said.
The visit comes amidst a lobbying effort by the government to avoid action by the Commonwealth over widely condemned human rights abuses, including the imprisonment of former President Mohamed Nasheed and other opposition leaders.
Earlier this month, Yameen said the Maldives avoided action after India and Pakistan “spoke in our defence” at a meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group – the inter-governmental organisation’s human rights and democracy arm.
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