India today hoped that termination of the GMR's Male airport project by the Maldives government will not impact its relationship with the neighbouring country.

The remarks by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid came days after India had expressed unhappiness over the unilateral decision of the Maldivian government.

Mr. Khurshid told PTI on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi that Maldives has announced that they want Indians to come and invest. There is no problem but obviously when businessmen have to take a decision they have to take everything into account.

Mr. Khurshid said, it was a legal matter and India did not want it to become a political issue. Finally it has been decided by a court, what can one do.