New Delhi: The scrapping of the GMR airport deal by the Maldives government was a legal issue, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Monday and hoped that the controversy would not be "allowed to be used" by fringe groups in that country to lead to deterioration in ties.
The Maldives government's scrapping a USD 500 million deal with Indian construction major GMR is "is an issue essentially legal in nature", Khurshid told reporters.
He also expressed hope "that this will not be used or allowed to be used by some fringe political groups that would lead to deterioration of relations between two, which we value immensely on both sides".
10/12/12 ZeeNews
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The Maldives government's scrapping a USD 500 million deal with Indian construction major GMR is "is an issue essentially legal in nature", Khurshid told reporters.
He also expressed hope "that this will not be used or allowed to be used by some fringe political groups that would lead to deterioration of relations between two, which we value immensely on both sides".
10/12/12 ZeeNews
