The Maldives on Wednesday publicly released diplomatic documents which show that the country pledged its support to the Copenhagen Accord unilaterally and without reservations on 19 December 2009, just hours after the climate change negotiations concluded in the Danish capital. Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed said the reason for releasing the letters was ‘in the interests of full disclosure’ to prove that the Maldives supported the Copenhagen Accord on its own merits. Shaheed said that some parties are attempting to smear the Maldives, by selectively quoting US government cables published by WikiLeaks, claiming that the Maldives in February 2010 suggested to the Americans it would only sign onto the Copenhagen Accord in receipt of US assistance of $50 million.A press statement by the Maldivian government said that the released documents show that the Maldives signed onto the Copenhagen Accord over two months before the meeting between the Maldivian Ambassador to the US and American Government officials in which the Maldives supposedly demanded funding from the US in exchange for support for the Copenhagen Accord. Statement further added that the Maldives was actively lobbying other Parties, including the US, to associate with the Accord and not the other way around.