High Commission of the Maldives, London
The High Commission of the Maldives in London (Dhivehi: އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތުގައި ހުންނަ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ހައިކޮމިޝަން)[1] is the diplomatic mission of the Maldives in the United Kingdom.[2] It was established in 1995 by upgrading the existing Maldives Government Trade Representative's Office;[3] it was officially opened by former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.[3]
High Commission of the Maldives in London އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތުގައި ހުންނަ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ހައިކޮމިޝަން | |
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Location | Marylebone, London |
Address | 22 Nottingham Place, London, W1U 5NJ |
Coordinates | 51°31′17.8″N 0°9′10.7″W |
High Commissioner | Farahanaz Faisal |
This mission had once been called the Embassy of the Maldives in London (Dhivehi: އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތުގައި ހުންނަ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ އެމްބަސީ)[4] from October 2016, when the Maldives withdrew from the Commonwealth,[5] to February 2020.
The diplomatic mission reverted to being the High Commission of the Maldives on 1 February 2020, when the Maldives returned to its status as a Commonwealth republic.[6]
This high commission is also covering following countries :
- France
- Monaco
- Andorra
- Isle of Man
- Spain
- Portugal
- Angola
- Equatorial Guinea
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Benin
- Togo
- Burkina Faso
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Senegal
- Gambia
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Republic of Ireland
- Iceland
- Cape Verde
- Saint Helena
- Ascension Island
- Tristan da Cunha
- Falkland Islands
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- French Polynesia
Gallery
- Close-up of the entrance
References
- ކޮމަންވެލްތު ޤައުމުތަކުގައި ހިންގާ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޑިޕްލޮމެޓިކް މިޝަންތަކުގެ ނަމަށް ބަދަލުގެންނަވައިފި (in Dhivehi)
- "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- "High Commission of the Republic of Maldives in the United Kingdom". 26 October 2013.
- މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް ފޮރިން އެފެއާޒްއަށް ގުޅޭނެ ފޯނު ނަންބަރުތަކާ ގުޅޭ (in Dhivehi)
- Maldives quits Commonwealth over alleged rights abuses | World news | The Guardian
- Maldives returns to Commonwealth Feb 2020 | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association