Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel rejected media reports that Ambassador Geela Ali said Chagos is not part of the Maldives, saying she was only answering a question about the U.S. base in Diego Garcia. He also alleged that sovereignty rights over Foalhavahi (Peros Banhos) were secretly relinquished in 2022 through an undisclosed letter during the MDP government's tenure, without parliamentary approval.
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Geela Ali, the Maldivian Ambassador to Belgium, during her recent address at the European Parliament.
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Khaleel further revealed that in 2022, during the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) government's tenure, sovereignty rights over Foalhavahi (Peros Banhos) were secretly relinquished through an undisclosed letter.
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