The Maldives remains fully committed to the fight against the global menace of terrorism, President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom said on Wednesday.
He made the statement in a message of sympathy to the Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, following the bombing in Quetta Civil Hospital.
In his message, President Yameen said that “the Maldives stands in firm solidarity with Pakistan, and condemns the cowardly act of terror in strongest terms.”
He assured that “the Maldives will continue to work closely with the Government of Pakistan and the international community as a whole in eliminating the scourge of terrorism.”
He also conveyed heartfelt sympathy to the Nawaz Sharif, and brotherly people of Pakistan, and asked the Prime Minister to convey his sincere condolences to the bereaved families.
At least 70 people were killed and 112 others injured in a suicide blast inside the emergency ward of Civil Hospital in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city on Monday.