The United States of America refuted claims made by local media based on the alleged leak of documents suggesting that agreements have been made to reduce the military strength of Maldives as per US bidding, should the opposition coalition win the September 23rd presidential election.
According to a statement released by the US Embassy in Sri Lanka, America is aware of the circulation of false news concerning the upcoming presidential elections, further stating that the embassy has no connection to the alleged secret agreement supposedly sent from the embassy to the US Secretary of State.
#Maldives pic.twitter.com/gJGq13pZpw
— U.S. Embassy Colombo (@USEmbSL) September 5, 2018
On Wednesday, Public Service Media (PSM) and social media platforms aligned with the incumbent government, began circulating documents supposedly sent from the embassy to the US Secretary of State alleging that should the opposition coalition overtake the current government in the upcoming presidential elections, that the newly elected opposition government has agreed to reduce the nation’s military strength.
Good morning Maldives. A diplomatic cable leaked yesterday says that Nasheed agreed to downsize MNDF & that MDP's candidate has a serious health issue. As expected US Embassy issued a statement saying that the cable is "fraudulent". However we all know better than to believe US. pic.twitter.com/ParyEI36GY
— Rumaalu2 (@rumaalu2) September 6, 2018
In addition, supporters of Progressive Party of Maldives have also taken to twitter expressing sentiments denying the truth of the response made public by the official US Embassy account.
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