Foreign Minister requests UK’s support to rejoin Commonwealth
The Foreign Minister said this after a meeting with the UK Ambassador
UK Ambassador James Dauris meets Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid | Foreign Ministry
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has requested the United Kingdom’s help in Maldives’ efforts to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations.
Shahid confirmed this in a tweet on Sunday.
In the tweet, Shahid said he met with UK Ambassador James Dauris and requested their support with the fast tracking of Maldives’ request to rejoin the Commonwealth.
He also welcomed UK’s decision to open an Embassy in capital city Male’.
After President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih sent a letter of intent to rejoin the Commonwealth, Secretary General Patricia Scotland welcomed the move.
The Maldives became a member of the Commonwealth in 1982 but left in October 2016 after the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group found that then-President Abdulla Yameen’s administration was guilty of violating the rights of his political rivals and threatened to suspend the Maldives if the situation is not resolved.
