UK awaits CMAG’s September review of Maldives
A British decision on imposing targeted sanctions against members of the Maldivian government will rest on the outcome of a Commonwealth-led push for reform in the Indian Ocean archipelago, a top diplomat from the UK has said.
30 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
A British decision on imposing targeted sanctions against members of the Maldivian government will rest on the outcome of a Commonwealth-led push for reform in the Indian Ocean archipelago, a top diplomat from the UK has said.
If the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group finds that “sufficient steps” for reform have not been taken by September, “the UK will carefully consider appropriate bilateral action to help support reform efforts in the Maldives,” Hugo Swire, the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said Thursday.
He was responding to a question by Labour MP Julie Cooper on whether the UK would introduce targeted sanctions against the Maldives if CMAG recommendations were not implemented.
Suggesting that the UK would follow the Commonwealth’s lead on the Maldives, Swire said: “It will be for CMAG to assess what progress has been made by September and to decide what collective action may be required.”
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