Amid stepped up efforts by India to help ease the political crisis in Maldives, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai is set to hold talks with political leaders here to get firsthand assessment of the situation.
Mathai will arrive here this evening by a special flight, more than a week after Mohammed Nasheed stepped down as President in what he claimed was a coup d''etat.
He will meet a number of Maldivian political leaders, including Nasheed and new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, official sources said.
Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had dispatched his special envoy M Ganapathi here.
Ganapathi, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, had held talks with both Hassan and Nasheed and sought a peaceful solution to the complex situation here.
Since Nasheed''s resignation, there have been a slew of diplomatic visits here from various countries, including the US.
Currently, a delegation of the European Union is in Male.Nasheed and his supporters have openly expressed their disappointment with the Indian government for its stand over the turn of events here.
Nasheed was unhappy over New Delhi reaching out to the new leadership.
