A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Islamic minister Dr Ziyad Baqir and defence minister Adam Shareef speak at press conference regarding the funds raised for the Rohingya. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The Maldives will hand over MVR 18 million, raised to relieve the plight of the Rohingya, to the Bangladesh Red Crescent in a week, announced Islamic minister Dr Ahmed Ziyad Baqir […]
Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari pictured with members of the Islamic Foundation delegation currently in Bangladesh to hand over MVR 1 million to aid the Rohingya refugees. PHOTO/ISLAMIC FOUNDATION The situation of Rohingya refugees, who have fled the ongoing persecution in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh, is graver than can be described, stated former Minister of […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Asim Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Asim on Wednesday called on international bodies to initiate immediate action to intervene in the persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar. Addressing an emergency sit-down of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the foreign minister declared that the Maldives is deeply concerned […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 17th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: True, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives did not lie. Last Friday, on the 15th September, at the UN vote, there was no mention of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, nor even a relating story to that […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 7th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: When violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar escalated, Maldives ceased trade relations with the country, reenacting the footsteps of the previous government where they cut ties with Israel. However, Maldives does not have much of a […]
Maldivian permanent secretary to UN, Ali Naseer at UN’s Security Council. Naseer condemned the genocide by Myanmar’s authority on Rohingya minority. Permanent Secretary to United Nations from Maldives and the Maldivian Ambassador to US has strongly condemned Myanmar and the Burmese government over the mass genocide on the Rohingya Muslims. He stressed that the Burmese […]
The delegates taking part in the Seventieth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, 2017. PHOTO / HEALTH MINISTRY World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia commenced in Paradise Island Resort on Wednesday. Top health-officials from 11 countries in the South-East Asian region, along with officials from WHO, […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 4th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Hulhu-Henveiru district member Reeko Moosa Maniku is one of the most experienced Maldivian politicians. He spent his youth also in the politics. He then invested most of his time to form […]
A US Army officer trains MNDF official at a previous training camp. Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) has denied recent rumors about a co-op training camp with Myanmar. The local army camp released a statement affirming that MNDF does not have any schedules to pool military resources for a co-op training camp between Maldives and […]