India helps out in Maldives crisis

India on Thursday sought to resolve the ‘unusual situation’ arising from ex-Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed taking refuge in the Indian high commission in Male, with external affairs minister Salman Khurshid having a ‘good, very useful and long’ conversation with his Maldivian counterpart. After talking for 40 minutes on phone with Abdul Samad Abdullah, Khurshid voiced the hope that a solution ‘to the satisfaction of everybody’ would be found. But it was still an on-going process, he said.