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India says no coup in Maldives

Updated: 2012-02-07 17:29
( Xinhua)

NEW DELHI - Reacting to the stepping down of the Maldive President Mohamed Nasheed, India said it is not a coup but a political settlement of the country, said local TV reports.

"Can't call this a coup, but a political settlement within the political framework" of the Maldives, local TV Times Now quoted a Ministry of External Affairs source as saying.

The source also said that all Indian diplomats and nationals are safe in the island nation.

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