India has expressed hope that the turmoil in Maldives can be resolved through peaceful dialogue.

Replying to a query at the India-EU summit in New Delhi today ,the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that India will have to use its influence in that direction.The Prime Minister said he has an envoy to Maldives to assess the situation.

Our correspondent reports, former President Mohamed Nasheed has been insisting that he was ousted in a coup. Secretary (West) in the External Affairs Ministry,M Ganapathi left for Male with a brief to assess the situation in the Indian Ocean island Nation which has plunged into a crisis after the ouster of Nasheed.

A Maldivian court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Nasheed, a day after his his supporters went on a rampage in the capital Male.United Nations special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco is also in Male and has urged for calm.