India's response to US report on Maldives, MEA also lashes out at Pakistan
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Friday refuted allegations made in a US newspaper report that the opposition in the Maldives had sought $6 million from New Delhi to plot to impeach President Mohamed Muizu.
India Maldives Row: As the fourth pillar of democracy, when a media outlet runs its personal agenda and uses it to influence the interests of another country, it is an unfortunate situation. If this happens, the geopolitics of an area can be affected. In one such case, the central government has given a befitting reply to those who question India's diplomacy. In its response, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday strongly condemned two recent reports published by The Washington Post, one linking New Delhi to the failed impeachment plot against Maldivian President Mohamed Muizju, and the other about an alleged attempt by Indian agents to eliminate certain terrorist elements in Pakistan.
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Rejecting the reports, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the newspaper and the concerned reporters appear to be "blatantly hostile" towards India.
In its report on the Maldives, the newspaper, citing a document called the Democratic Renewal Initiative, claimed that opposition politicians had offered to bribe 40 members of parliament, including members of Muizju's own party, to vote for Muizju's impeachment. It said that even after months of secret negotiations, the perpetrators had failed to garner enough votes to impeach the president.
Pakistan also wrapped up
"Both the newspaper and its reporter seem to have a formidable animosity towards India. You can see a pattern in their activities. I leave it to you to decide their credibility. "As far as the news on Pakistan is concerned, let me remind you of what Hillary Clinton said: 'You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them to bite only your neighbours'.
Clinton made these remarks in a clear message to Pakistan in 2011. She was the US Secretary of State at the time. He also said that Washington intends to put a tremendous pressure on the Pakistanis to remove terrorist safe havens and deal with groups like the Haqqani network that are responsible for cross-border attacks.