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  • Source: Agencies
  • 13 Mar 2023 18:14
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The Republic of Maldives is resuming diplomatic ties with Iran almost 7 years after severing them.

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  • A Maldives national flag flutters as pigeons fly past during the morning in Male February 8, 2012. (Reuters)
    Maldives national flag fluttering as pigeons fly past during the morning in Male on February 8, 2012 (Reuters)

The Republic of Maldives will resume diplomatic ties with Iran after the Saudi-Iranian reconciliation deal, the Maldivian government announced on March 13 in a statement.

"The government of the Republic of Maldives welcomes the Joint Trilateral Statement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran," read the statement. 

Under former President Abdullah Yameen, the Maldives severed political ties with Iran in May 2016.

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