New Delhi: The termination of $511 million GMR Male airport project by the Maldivian government was “mentioned” in the bilateral meeting between India and Malaysia, which was the project partner, with both sides sharing their “disappointment” over the development.
“The matter was mentioned. I would not say that it was discussed in great detail. We wanted an update on their impression because their foreign minister had visited there (Maldives) briefly.
“His take away was more or less the same understanding that we have that there were two separate issues and we would rather have two issues not confused or converged,” External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday.
He said while one was pure assessment of contract and legal steps taken, and other is if there were political reasons behind such a termination.
21/12/12 PTI/The Hindu
