Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond to visit the Maldives – Sun
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The British Sun news paper has reported that Alex Salmond is planning to visit “a tropical paradise – on a global warming ‘fact finding’ mission”.
The First Minister of the Scotland is set to visit the stunning Maldives islands as he travels to see the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, this year. Last year Mr Salmond met the Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed at the Copenhagen climate change conference, where they discussed global warming and carbon emission. At the Copenhagen summit Mr Salmond signed up to a declaration from the Maldives hitting out at the dangers of climate change and rising seas reported Sun.
According to Sun, on 18 January 2010 Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson confirmed Mr Salmond “hopes” to visit the Maldives around the time of his trip to Delhi. And he insisted: “The action taken by both the Maldives and Scotland in terms of action and legislation exemplifies the types of measures necessary to meet the serious threats posed.” There are criticisms from other parties, stating that Mr Salmond’s trip will be a waste of UK tax payers’ money. The Maldives is popular with British tourists and receives over half million European visitors each year.
Date: 20 January 2010
