Dunya Maumoon’s unofficial visit to India comes as Maldives judges on Sunday heard a petition by President Abdullah Yameen to have his recent election defeat annulled. Photo: Twitter/@dunyamaumoonNew Delhi: The Maldives and India need to rebuild mutual trust, former Maldivian foreign minister Dunya Maumoon said after a meeting with India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on Sunday. Maumoon is the daughter of former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who ruled the atoll nation for three decades. Maumoon said in a Twitter post that she was on an unofficial visit to India “on behalf of” her father, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The Maldives Emergency was lifted 45 days later.

Source: Mint October 14, 2018 14:48 UTC