Maldives crisis requires international assistance: former Foreign Minister Dr Shaheed
30 Sep 2013, 7:20 PM
Daniel Bosley
“I do not believe that the constitutional and political crisis in the Maldives will be resolved without international assistance,” former Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed has told Minivan News today.
Dr Shaheed – currently UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to Iran – said he wished to correct local media reports claiming he had called for neighbouring India to intervene militarily to restore democracy in the Maldives.
“It does not have to be force – it can even be good offices,” he said, accusing media of distorting his comments.
Progressive Party of Maldives vice presidential candidate Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed meanwhile told local media that the comments were evidence of the “hunger for power” within the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
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