Speaker of the Parliament and former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, has said that the Foreign Minister, Abdulla Shahid has his support in the no confidence motion against the minister.

Taking to Twitter today, Nasheed said that Foreign Minister has his full support and praised him on his hard work.

Meanwhile, the MP for Kaashidhoo constituency, Abdulla Jabir has announced that he would be filing a no confidence motion against Minister Shahid at the parliament with the signatures of 11 MPs.

The law requires signatures from ten MPs to file a no confidence motion against a cabinet minister.

Attempts by One Online to contact MP Jabir for comment have been unsuccessful as he is not responding to calls. However, some media outlets have reported that according to MP Jabir, the Maldivian Foreign Policy have failed and Minister Shahid is responsible for it.