If the prevailing crisis in Male deepens and poses a grave threat to the Indian community and other foreign nationals living there, the strategy of diplomacy exercised in evacuating them on a humanitarian basis from strife-torn Yemen in 2015 should be thought of. Our naval forces in the Indian Ocean have to monitor the situation very discreetly. Any diplomatic reach the Indian government strategises should be for peace alone. The Indian Ocean is a geopolitical hub of world powers and any intervention should be to ensure overall peace in this zone. China is not to be trusted in a situation such as that in the Maldives and is bound to use the prevailing situation of political instability to its advantage.
N. Visveswaran,
Chennai
