Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives’ former president and currently an opposition leader-in-exile, has urged India to come to the rescue of democracy in his country. But even China has issued a travel advisory warning its citizens against visiting Maldives, just like India, the US and others. The big questions before India are: Should it intervene to repair the situation in Maldives? India has tried to maintain more than a working relationship with Yameen’s Maldives: New Delhi helped Maldives overcome a water crisis in 2014 and hosted the Maldivian foreign minister just last month. The choice of instrument should also be such that it doesn’t make India a long-term participant in the partisan domestic affairs of Maldives.

Source: Mint February 07, 2018 18:00 UTC