09 April 2012, Male'; Minister of Foreign Affairs H. E. Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah has briefed the media about his recent visit to India and Sri Lankan Minister of External Affairs' recent visit to the Maldives.

06 April 2012, Male';Minister of Foreign Affairs H. E. Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah has held official talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart H. E. Professor G. L. Peiris, who is in the Maldives on a four day official visit.

05 April 2012, Male'; The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H.E Ms. Dunya Maumoon has today met with the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, H.E Mr. Kamalesh Sharma as part of her official visit to the United Kingdom.

03rd April 2012, Male'; Minister of Foreign Affairs His Excellency Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah met with His Excellency Mr. S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of Indian during his official visit to India.

02nd April 2012, Male'; Minister of Foreign Affairs H. E. Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah briefed the Diplomatic community based in New Delhi, India.

01 April 2012, Male';H.E. Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs has departed today on an official visit to India. During the four day visit the Minister will meet senior officials of Indian Government and diplomatic community based in New Delhi. He is accompanied by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Naseer, Foreign Secretary.

26 March 2012, Male';On Thursday, 22 March Lord Howell of Guildford, the Commonwealth Minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office briefed the House of Lords on the developments in the Maldives and responded to questions from the House of Lords.

26th March, Geneva; The Maldives has cosponsored a UN resolution condemning continued Israeli settlement activity in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The resolution, adopted with a vote at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, states that such activity violates the fundamental human rights of Palestinians, and also represents a barrier to a negotiated peace. The Council also adopted a resolution, cosponsored by the Maldives, reaffirming the Palestinian's right to self-determination, a universal right not yet granted to Palestinians because of Israeli objections.

23 March 2012, Geneva; The Maldives, Morocco and Mauritius today secured the establishment, by the Human Rights Council, of a new UN Trust Fund which will help Small Island States and Least Developed Countries to more effectively engage with and benefit from the international human rights system. The UN resolution establishing the Fund was adopted by consensus and with 111 cosponsors - a record number for a UN Human Rights Council resolution.

23 March 2012, Geneva;The UN Human Rights Council today adopted, by consensus and with over 80 cosponsors, a resolution creating new UN Special Procedure to clarify the human rights obligations pertaining to the enjoyment of a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment. The resolution was drafted, negotiated and tabled by the Maldives, Costa Rica and Switzerland.

21 March 2012, Male'; Sir Donald McKinnon, the Special Envoy of the Commonwealth Secretary-General, met with the His Excellency Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs today. During the meeting, the Foreign Minister briefed Sir Don on the political developments in the country, and the measures that the government is taking to resolve the on-going political tensions in the country. The Special Envoy informed the Minister that the Commonwealth is willing to assist Maldives in strengthening the country's state institutions.

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21 March 2012, Male';The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Abdul Samad Abdullah today responded to the statement issued yesterday by Baroness Catherine Ashton on behalf of European Union with regard to the situation in the Maldives. In his response, the Foreign Minister thanked the EU for its continued engagement with the Maldives and expressed his determination to work with the EU and other international partners in resolving the political tensions in the Maldives.

20 March 2012, Male';Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H. E. Ms. Dunya Maumoon has briefed the Diplomatic community accredited to the Maldives based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

19th March 2012, Male';The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Her Excellency Ms. Dunya Maumoon paid a courtesy call on the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka His Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse at the President's Office yesterday.

18thAugust 2011, Male'; The British High Commissioner to Maldives His Excellency Mr. John Rankin today called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah.

18 March 2012, Malé; The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Dunya Maumoon, responded today to the statement issued by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG). In her response the State Minister expressed the Government's disappointment at the unbalanced nature of the CMAG statement but also emphasised the Government's determination to continue to work with CMAG to bring calm to the political situation in the Maldives.

14th March 2012, Male'; The Maldives Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, H.E.Ms. Iruthisham Adam, today updated the Council on recent developmentsin the Maldives pertaining to the country's commitments as a member ofthe Council as well as its international human rights obligations.

12 March 2012, Male';President Dr Mohamed Waheed urged the various institutions contributing to the renewable energy project in the Maldives, to work together to make it successful. The President made these remarks at the handing over ceremony for the Project for Clean Energy Promotion in Male', held today at Hiriyaa School.

12 March 2012, Male';A ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign the Exchange of Notes between the Government of the Maldives and the Government of Japan under which Japanese Government will provide the Maldivian Government, a Grant Aid of two hundred and fifty million Japanese Yen.

At the ceremony held this afternoon, the Exchange of Notes was signed by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H. E. Ms. Dunya Maumoon and Japanese Ambassador to the Maldives H. E. Mr. Nobuhito Hobo.

Speaking at the ceremony State Minister Dunya said the Grant Aid will be utilized to provide the Maldives with equipment towards the development of the country, especially in the health and education sectors. She also noted that the equipment will be products made in east Japan, where the tsunami and earthquake destroyed much of its facilities and livelihood of many people making this assistance remarkable.

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9th March 9, 2012- Non Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Maldives to the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Dato' Mohamad Zaki presented his Letter of Credence to the President of the Republic of Indonesia His Excellency Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today.