New President: Maldives is not going to
drown.
(Haveeru Online ) President Mohamed Waheed
Hassan Manik today said though Maldives faces the dangers of climate change,
the country would not be submerged in the Indian Ocean.
Speaking
to Sri Lankan businessmen this morning during his current visit to Sri Lanka,
President stressed that Maldives can be sustained through efforts to avert the
dangers of climate change.
"First of all, I want give you a bit of good news. The good news is that
the Maldives is not about to disappear,"
President
Waheed said countering the claims by his predecessor that the Maldives would be
be completely submerged in the near future. He added that foreign investors
were concerned with the talks of a submerged Maldives.
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