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India to vote for Maldives in UNGA President election next week
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Decision will disappoint Afghanistan, which has former Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul in the running.
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Decision will disappoint Afghanistan, which has former Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul in the running.
India will vote in support of Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid at the election for the President of the General Assembly (PGA) in the United Nations next week, a decision which will disappoint another close neighbour, Afghanistan, which has former Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul in the running.
The race between both South Asian neighbours for the post, which is being chosen this time from the Asia-Pacific grouping, will be decided in the election on June 7.
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