President Maldiv Mohammad Mizza organized a press conference lasting almost 15 hours, announced his office on Sunday and claimed that she had broken the previous record of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlensky, as stated by AFP.
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“Muizza, 46, started a marathon press conference on Saturday at 10:00 (0500 GMT) and continued for 14 hours and 54 minutes with short pauses for prayers,” his office said in a statement.
“The conference was extended at midnight – the new world record of the President – with the president of Muizza constantly responded to journalists’ questions,” the statement said.
In October 2019, the Ukrainian National Agency for National Records acknowledged a 14 -hour press conference by President Volodymyra Zelsky, violating the previous record of more than seven hours set by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, AFP reported.
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The Maldiv government said that the extended press conference of President Muizza was supposed to coincide with the World freedom of the press on Saturday. “He acknowledged the key role of press in society and emphasized the importance of factual, balanced and impartial reports,” he added.
During the lengthy meeting, the President of Muizza also dealt with questions presented by the public through journalists.
The statement further noted that the Muizza, which in 2023 took over the office, celebrated the rise of its nation by two places on 104. Of the 180 countries in the world of the Freedom of Press 2025, which was published by reporters without borders (RSF). “During the Saturday meeting he answered a wide range of questions,” the statement said.
About two dozen reporters participated and they were served food.
President of President Muizza, former President Mohammad Nasheed, made history in 2009 by organizing the first meeting of the underwater cabinet in the world – a dramatic effort to draw attention to the imminent threat of growing sea levels that one day could immerse the Maldives.
Nasheed and his ministers dressed in Scuba Gear and his ministers descended to the Indian Ocean at the National Television Section and boldly declared the existential risks that represent a change in climate in their low island nation.
Muizza acknowledged the key role of press in society and emphasized the importance of factual, balanced and impartial news.
With 1,192 coral islands, they spread over the equator, the Maldives remain on the front of global warming, fighting to preserve their land, identity and future in the face of the rapidly growing sea, as the AFP states.
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