Top South Block sources told TOI that the letter of exchange (LoE) for deployment of Dornier in the archipelago had actually been pending with the Yameen government since 2016. The talk about the need for a Dornier aircraft was nothing but a fig leaf intended to candy-coat Male’s decision to get rid of an Indian naval chopper, officials think.
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