“Maldives cannot afford to be an inward looking, xenophobic country”: former President Nasheed
27 Jul 2013, 6:09 PM
Mohamed Nasheed
The following speech was given by former President Mohamed Nasheed at the launch of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s foreign policy. President Mohamed Waheed’s Independence Day address is available here.
Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
We live in turbulent times. Times have always been turbulent.
We sit in the Indian Ocean, across a 1000km from North to South, where the bulk of the international trade passes. We are so strategically located that when the big boys fight, we are hemmed and wedged in-between.
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