♤ India on its part displayed its dismay over the imposition and then extension of emergency.

♤ After the emergency was lifted on 22 2018, India welcomed it even while calling upon the Maldivian government to restore all Articles of the Constitution, to allow the Supreme Court and other branches of the judiciary to operate in full independence, to promote and support the free and proper functioning of Parliament, to implement the Supreme Court's Full Bench order of 1 February 2018 and to support a genuine political dialogue with all opposition parties.