Tuesday 20 March 2018

US urges Maldives Prez Yameen to lift emergency, restore people's rights

President Yameen. Photo: Twitter

The United States on Tuesday urged President Abdulla Yameen to lift the state of emergency in the Maldives and restore the rule of law.

"We continue to call on President Yameen to end the state of emergency, uphold the rule of law, permit the full and proper functioning of Parliament, and restore the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the people of the Maldives," a State Department Spokesperson told PTI.

The spokesperson was responding to a question on the recent meetings that Maldivian opposition leaders has had with officials of the State Department and other wings of the Trump administration.

State Department officials met with the former Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem in Washington on March 15, the spokesperson said.

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