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By Rajeev Sharma
India is in a spot of bother over the Maldives, especially with growing signs of the Wahabisation of the Indian Ocean island nation.
Just days after Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai returned from his latest visit, his second in a fortnight, supporters of ousted Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed blocked current President Mohammed Waheed from opening parliament.
India and others will be monitoring events with great interest, especially as according to a press statement from India’s External Affairs Ministry, representatives of all political parties in the Maldives, with whom Mathai engaged individually and collectively, agreed to India playing a role as a “facilitator” in the country’s political upheaval. This is quite a responsibility – and a key opportunity – for India, one which it can’t afford to ignore. But the Indian path is also laden with plenty of thorns and far fewer roses.
Read the full story at The Diplomat