Maldives new Prez promises respect to democracy: US
Promising to respect democracy, the new Maldives President Mohammed Waheed has told the US that he intends to form a national unity government which would include particiaption of opposition parties.
"President Waheed informed us that the security situation in the Maldives is now under control and generally peaceful," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said while reffering to a telephonic conversation between the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake and Waheed this morning.
"He expressed his strong commitment to a peaceful transition of power, the preservation of democracy," Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference.
The US official said that the Maldivian president has expressed his intent to form a national unity government that will include participation from the opposition parties in the lead-up to the regularly scheduled presidential election, which will be in November 2013.
Closely following the situation in Maldives, the US Embassy in Colombo is sending its officials to the country, she added.
