India responded to Pakistan’s gesture by supporting its bid for membership of the United Nation’s Security Council, and by withdrawing its objections to the European Union’s grant of special privileges to Pakistani textile exporters. So the Maldives SAARC meeting offered an opportunity for further easing of tensions.
对于巴基斯坦摆出的友好姿态，印度的回应是支持其竞选成为联合国安理会成员，并撤销对欧盟给与巴基斯坦出口纺织品特别优惠权的控诉。因此在马尔代夫举行的SAARC年会为双方进一步缓解紧张关系提供了机会。