Maldives to be the “best country” for press freedom, says President Nasheed
14 Jun 2010, 6:32 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
President Mohamed Nasheed has said that the Maldives intends to be “the best country in the world in terms of press freedom.”
In a message to the Commonwealth media development workshop, a four day training event that started this morning at Holiday Inn in Male’, Nasheed said the government wanted the Maldives to have “the most free and most professional media in the world.”
”We strongly believe that press freedom is important for consolidating democracy,” said Nasheed. ”We also believe that development can only be achieved through a transparent and free discussion of ideas.”
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ahmed Ali Sawad, and President of Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) Ahmed ‘Hiriga’ Zahir also addressed participants in the workshop.
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