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Thu 9 Feb 2012

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Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Senior UN official urges all sides in the Maldives to pursue dialogue

A senior United Nations official urged all sides in the Maldives to exercise restraint and pursue dialogue after he arrived in the Indian Ocean archipelago late today for talks, just days after the country’s president resigned amid mounting political tensions.

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