The government is in the process of rejoining the Commonwealth, president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said Thursday adding that the it would be completed next month.
Solih early last month had sent a letter of intent to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth stating the Maldives’ commitment to re-join the regional bloc.
Two days after the country's parliament gave the green light, president Solih in his letter to Patricia Scotland reiterated his government's determination to uphold and practice the principles enumerated in the Charter of the Commonwealth, and the Harare Declaration.
Speaking during a press conference on Thursday, president Solih said his government would be able to complete the process of rejoining the Commonwealth before the end of next month.
Maldives left the Commonwealth in 2016 citing unfair and unjust treatment weeks after the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) – the enforcement mechanism of the Commonwealth – threatened to suspend Maldives from the council if effective steps were not taken to resolve the political crisis in the archipelago.
Rejoining the 52 member bloc remains a key pledge of Solih with plans to apply within 90 days from the day he was sworn in last November.
