India, April 15 -- US ambassador to India and Donald Trump confidante Sergio Gor apparently got a taste of "Maldivian hospitality" last month when he was unable to meet President Mohamed Muizzu during his visit to Male on March 23.

While Gor tweeted about his meetings with the Maldivian foreign and defence ministers the same day, a scheduled meeting with President Muizzu was cancelled by the Maldivian side at the last moment. Apparently, when the powerful 39-year-old US ambassador asked Muizzu's office to reconsider the meeting through diplomatic channels, it is understood that the Maldivian side proposed a private behind-the-doors meeting with President Muizzu. This, apparently, was declined by the US envoy for Central and South Asian a...