The crisis in Maldives is over. Former President Mohamed Nasheed today left Indian High Commission in Male, eleven days after he took refuge in the mission fearing arrest on a court issued warrant.

A large number of his supporters gathered outside the Indian high Commission to greet Nasheed as he left the premises. He went straight to the Dharubaaruge convention centre to address a press conference and thanked Indian High Commission for the support and hospitality extended to him. He hoped that candidates of all political parties would be allowed to stand for the Presidential elections to be held in September. Spokesman of Indian External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi thanked all those who contributed in the efforts to reach a positive development to end the crisis. He said Nasheed left the premises of the High Commission at 4.15 PM. New Delhi hoped that with this development the former President will again resume his social and political life.

The breakthrough in the impasse came after a visiting Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and the High Commissioner of India to Maldives held a series of meeting with the officials of the Maldives government and other stake holders to resolve the crisis. The spokesperson said that the External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid had conveyed to his Maldivian counterpart that New Delhi will be happy to support all efforts to create favourable conditions for free and fair Presidential elections in September this year.

Meanwhile, Maldivian police today launched investigations into the attack on the journalist Ibrahim Waheed who was seriously beaten last night. Officials in the Maldivian capital Male said the journalist who received serious head injuries was flown to Sri Lanka today for urgent medical treatment.