‘Not Govt’s Stand, Won’t Repeat’: Maldivian Foreign Minister On Derogatory Remarks On PM Modi

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Referring to some Maldivian ministers’ derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, the island nation’s Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer who is on his first official visit to India, said his government had distanced itself from the comments and had taken “proper action” to ensure no repetitions. In an interview with news agency ANI, Maldivian Foreign Minister Zameer said, “I think if you have seen, like you said, we have said that it’s not the stand of the government or it’s not the view of the government. And we believe it shouldn’t have been done. And then we...