India to wait to see how situation plays out in Maldives

India said Sunday it will wait to see how the situation plays out in the Maldives, where the authorities canceled presidential election for a second time within weeks. The Indo-Asian News Service quoted unnamed senior official sources as saying that India has also never "set any red lines" for the Indian Ocean isle nation to complete the election process. "We have never set any red lines on Maldives... All that we have been doing is to tell the people, the government there that India attaches great importance to countries in its immediate neighborhood, to peace and stability in its neighborhood," the sources were quoted as saying. "There is a democratic process in Maldives that is ongoing, it is for the people of Maldives themselves and it will be done by the people of Maldives themselves... Now they have set new dates, so let's see how what happens, let's see how it plays out. No point in jumping to hasty conclusions. They have to decide for themselves," the source added. India on Saturday expressed its serious concern and deep disappointment over the withholding of the first round of repeat presidential election in Maldives by the country's election commission.