Maldives Election: Muizzu's Win, 'India Out' & What it Means for Bilateral Ties
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Maldives Election: Muizzu's Win, 'India Out' & What it Means for Bilateral Ties

The Quint  

"Muizzu received a mandate to keep doing what he’s been doing. I don’t see it as pro-China or anti-India – it's more an effort to bring more balance to the two relationships," Michael Kugelman, Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington DC, told The Quint. Further, the PNC's win is as much a public endorsement of Muizzu's 'India Out' policies as it is a condemnation of the MDP's 'India First' policies. "It's a big win for Muizzu given that his political opponents had been pillorying him for the very position of 'India Out'. Muizzu in January this year had awarded several contracts to China in the areas of infrastructure and agriculture and had signed as many as 20 agreements – including one on solidifying greater cooperation regarding Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.

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Maldives President Muizzu to meet India's Modi to repair strained diplomatic ties
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Maldives President Muizzu to meet India's Modi to repair strained diplomatic ties

The Independent  

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Maldives President Muizzu To Meet PM Modi Today, Requesting Support Over Looming Debt Crisis
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Maldives President Muizzu To Meet PM Modi Today, Requesting Support Over Looming Debt Crisis

ABP News  

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu made his first bilateral visit to India, meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 6, 2024. This meeting follows Muizzu's election, which was heavily influenced by an "India Out" campaign aimed at reducing Indian military presence in the Maldives. During discussions, Muizzu emphasized India's understanding of the Maldives' fiscal challenges and expressed gratitude for India's support …

Maldives President Muizzu to visit India to reset relations
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Maldives President Muizzu to visit India to reset relations

Hindustan Times  

Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu will travel to India in the second week of October for a visit that is seen as an attempt to reset bilateral ties after an acrimonious period in the relationship, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu Muizzu, who last came to New Delhi to participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s …

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu tries to mend ties with India, 2 ministers who made derogatory remarks against PM Modi resign
3 months, 1 week ago

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu tries to mend ties with India, 2 ministers who made derogatory remarks against PM Modi resign

Op India  

Pro-China Maldivian President, Mohamed Muizzu will travel to India on an official visit “very soon”, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. The announcement of his visit to India came on a day when two Maldivian Ministers “resigned” from the government months after they made derogatory remarks against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Muizzu seeking to rebuild ties with India; announces official …

Maldivian Oppn welcomes Muizzu's India policy shift, seeks apology for past ‘actions, lies’
4 months, 1 week ago

Maldivian Oppn welcomes Muizzu's India policy shift, seeks apology for past ‘actions, lies’

Hindustan Times  

The Maldivian Democratic Party, the archipelago's main opposition party, has welcomed President Mohammad Muizzu-led government's "sudden recalibration" of its India policy, affirming that India remains the Maldives’ most reliable partner in times of crisis. MDP chief Abdulla Shahid, who previously served as the Maldives' foreign minister, called on the Muizzu administration to issue a public apology “for the actions, lies …

Maldives: Why Muizzu has to walk the talk for promised ‘success’ in India relations
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Maldives: Why Muizzu has to walk the talk for promised ‘success’ in India relations

Firstpost  

On his return home from New Delhi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu described his India visit as a ‘success’. Sovereignty talks However, in the Maldivian Parliament, where Muizzu’s People’s National Congress holds a super-majority after scheduled polls in April, a hard-line member from his party wanted three of India-funded agreements of the predecessor government of President Ibrahim ‘Ibu’ Solih probed by …

Muizzu’s People’s National Congress Storms to Power in Maldives
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Muizzu’s People’s National Congress Storms to Power in Maldives

The Diplomat  

The People’s National Congress, the party of President Mohamed Muizzu, won a landslide victory in Maldives’ April 21 parliamentary elections. After its own historic 65-seat haul five years ago, the formerly ruling Maldivian Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat, winning just 12 seats and losing strongholds such as the capital Malé, the southernmost atoll of Addu, and former President Ibrahim …

Stability in Maldives: On the election results and India ties
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Stability in Maldives: On the election results and India ties

The Hindu  

There are several important messages from the win by Maldives President Mohammad Muizzu’s party, the PNC, in this week’s parliamentary elections. The PNC’s “super-majority” — over 70 of 93 Members of Parliament or People’s Majlis, including allies and independents — also eases Mr. Muizzu’s path to passing laws and even making constitutional amendments. The results also indicate widespread approval by …

Maldives: Muizzu extends grip on power as 6 independents join party after landslide win in parliamentary polls
8 months ago

Maldives: Muizzu extends grip on power as 6 independents join party after landslide win in parliamentary polls

India TV News  

Male: After a landslide win in the recent parliamentary elections, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and his People's National Congress further consolidated their grip on power as six independent candidates, who were elected on Sunday, joined the ruling party, according to officials on Wednesday. The election in the Maldives also came amidst deteriorating ties between the archipelago nation and India since …

‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next?
8 months ago

‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next?

Al Jazeera  

The parliamentary polls sweep by Muizzu’s party raises fears of a return to ‘tyranny’ and questions whether Beijing will step in to alleviate Maldives’s economic woes. Muizzu won the election on promises to free Yameen and see through the politician’s “India out” campaign to end what they called New Delhi’s outsized influence in Maldives – an archipelago home to 500,000 …

Maldives Elections: What Maldivian President Muizzu’s super majority could mean
8 months ago

Maldives Elections: What Maldivian President Muizzu’s super majority could mean

The Hindu  

After his party won a decisive majority in Sunday’s general elections, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has both executive powers and parliamentary backing to shape the island nation’s policies for the next five years. The party was preparing to hold a huge celebration titled “Welcome — to the People’s Nation’s Majlis”, in capital Male on Monday night. While citing the MDP’s …

A pro-Beijing vote in Malé
8 months ago

A pro-Beijing vote in Malé

Hindustan Times  

The resounding victory for President Mohamed Muizzu’s ruling coalition in the parliamentary polls is likely to further complicate India’s relations with the Maldives at a time of increased contestation between New Delhi and Beijing across the Indian Ocean. Muizzu pitched the election as a referendum on his pro-China, anti-India policies that have roiled Male’s relations with New Delhi since he …

Pro-China President Muizzu’s party sweeps Maldives parliamentary elections, preliminary results say
8 months ago

Pro-China President Muizzu’s party sweeps Maldives parliamentary elections, preliminary results say

Associated Press  

MALE, Maldives — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy, according to preliminary results reported Monday by local media. The People’s National Congress won 70 out of 93 seats in Sunday’s vote, and along with three seats secured by its allies has taken absolute control of Parliament, according …

Pro-China president Mohamed Muizzu’s coalition wins Maldives parliamentary elections
8 months ago

Pro-China president Mohamed Muizzu’s coalition wins Maldives parliamentary elections

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s ruling coalition scored a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election, securing an absolute majority in Parliament as voters endorsed his government’s policy to align the Indian Ocean archipelago more closely with China. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Beijing aims to “continuously deepen the China-Maldives comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” forged during Muizzu’s first …

Pro-China party on course for landslide victory in Maldives election
8 months ago

Pro-China party on course for landslide victory in Maldives election

Al Jazeera  

Provisional results give President Mohamed Muizzu’s PNC party a supermajority in parliament, with opposition far behind. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s party has won Sunday’s election in a landslide, according to preliminary results. The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, led by former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who is seen as pro-India, won only 15 seats against 65 in the outgoing parliament, …

‘Pro-China’ Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s party set to win parliamentary elections 2024
8 months ago

‘Pro-China’ Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s party set to win parliamentary elections 2024

Live Mint  

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's People's National Congress is set to win the parliamentary elections 2024 held in the island nation on Sunday, April 21. Maldives local media Edition reported that the ruling PNC won 50 out of the 93 seats in the 20th People's Majlis, winning majority in parliament. "The ruling PPM/PNC coalition also won the majority of seats in …

Maldives parliamentary election: President Mohamed Muizzu’s litmus test amid anti-India policies
8 months ago

Maldives parliamentary election: President Mohamed Muizzu’s litmus test amid anti-India policies

Live Mint  

The crucial test of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu began on Sunday as the citizens of the archipelago nation voted in a Parliamentary election. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu accused of corruption ahead of polls Muizzu visited China earlier this year and negotiated an increase in the number of tourists and inbound flights from China. About Maldives Parliamentary Election 2024 Six political …

President Muizzu’s party secures big win in Maldives parliamentary polls
8 months ago

President Muizzu’s party secures big win in Maldives parliamentary polls

The Hindu  

The ruling People’s National Congress of the Maldives secured a big win in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, giving President Mohamed Muizzu significant control over the legislature, six months after he rose to the country’s top office. The poll outcome effectively reconfigures the Maldivian Parliament, earlier controlled by the Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, in President Muizzu’s favour. This, despite a …

How did China strengthen its bond with Maldives amid India exit? 10 key collaborations between Male, Beijing
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How did China strengthen its bond with Maldives amid India exit? 10 key collaborations between Male, Beijing

Live Mint  

From providing military assistance to helping build infrastructure, China has been actively boosting its ties with the Maldives — which is seemingly trying to drift away from what many call India's "influence". As part of the deal, China would provide Maldives with free military assistance to foster "stronger" bilateral ties. China sends 1,500 tonnes of drinking water to Maldives Maldivian …

Maldives President Muizzu advised to ‘stop being stubborn’ and hold ’dialogue’ with India
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Maldives President Muizzu advised to ‘stop being stubborn’ and hold ’dialogue’ with India

Live Mint  

Former Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has called upon current President Mohamed Muizzu to engage in dialogue with neighbouring countries to tackle the nation's financial challenges, PTI reported. Solih's remarks come in response to recent calls from President Muizzu, known for his pro-China stance, urging India to provide debt relief to the Maldives. Maldives has a debt of MVR 18 …

As Indian troops pull out, Maldives signs defence pact with China
9 months, 2 weeks ago

As Indian troops pull out, Maldives signs defence pact with China

The Hindu  

Days after a technical team from India arrived in the Maldives, to replace troops that President Mohamed Muizzu wanted removed, the Maldivian Defence Ministry announced signing a military pact with China. Maldives’s Minister of Defence Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon and Major General Zhang Baoqun, Deputy Director at China’s Office for International Military Cooperation, on Monday signed an agreement on “China’s provision …

Maldives Signals Tilt Toward China
10 months ago

Maldives Signals Tilt Toward China

The Diplomat  

President Mohamed Muizzu’s recent visit to China signals a significant shift in the Maldives’ foreign policy, one that is overtly tilted in favor of Beijing. Muizzu's visit to Beijing came amid escalating concerns in New Delhi, which perceives a gradual distancing from India by the Muizzu-led Progressive Alliance coalition government, which includes the People’s National Congress and the Progressive Party …

'Shouldn't speak in a way that affects relationship': Maldives opposition leader calls on Muizzu to apologise to PM Modi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Shouldn't speak in a way that affects relationship': Maldives opposition leader calls on Muizzu to apologise to PM Modi

Firstpost  

Leader of the Maldives Jumhooree Party Qasim Ibrahim has urged Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu to issue a formal apology to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the citizens of India, according to a report. Earlier last year, then Maldives President Ibrahim Solih signed a decree stating that the opposition’s ‘India Out’ campaign is a “threat to national security”. The opposition, led …

'Apologise to India, PM Modi': Maldives Opposition leader to President Muizzu
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Apologise to India, PM Modi': Maldives Opposition leader to President Muizzu

India Today  

Gasuim Ibrahim, leader of the Jumhoori Party, has urged Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu to formally apologise to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seek "diplomatic reconciliation" to mend bilateral relations. Amid a diplomatic row with India that erupted after derogatory social media posts by three of his ministers against Prime Minister Modi, President Muizzu on his return home after …

Maldives main Opposition party mulls impeachment against Muizzu
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maldives main Opposition party mulls impeachment against Muizzu

The Hindu  

The Maldivian Democratic Party, the country’s main Opposition party holding a parliamentary majority, is preparing to submit an impeachment motion against President Mohamed Muizzu in Parliament, stepping up its challenge to the Executive in the legislature. On what prompted the move for an impeachment motion, less than three months after President Muizzu was sworn in, the Opposition politician pointed to …

Clashes erupt in Maldives Parliament during crucial vote on President Muizzu's Cabinet
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Clashes erupt in Maldives Parliament during crucial vote on President Muizzu's Cabinet

The Hindu  

Clashes broke out in Maldives' Parliament on January 28 between pro-government MPs and Opposition lawmakers over differences over the approval of four members of pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu's Cabinet. The main Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party decided to withhold parliamentary approval for four members of President Muizzu’s Cabinet ahead of the voting on the Cabinet. The decision of the Opposition MDP …

Will be extremely detrimental: Maldives opposition parties warn President Muizzu over his 'anti-India' stance
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Will be extremely detrimental: Maldives opposition parties warn President Muizzu over his 'anti-India' stance

Firstpost  

The “anti-India” stance of the Maldives government-led by President Mohamed Muizzu will be extremely detrimental to the long-term development of the country, the two main opposition parties of the Island nation warned, merely two days after the administration allowed a Chinese spy ship to dock in a port in Male. Alienating India will be extremely detrimental for Maldives The two …

Maldivian opposition parties come together to criticise Muizzu's 'India Out' policy, say it will hurt the archipelago in the long term
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Maldivian opposition parties come together to criticise Muizzu's 'India Out' policy, say it will hurt the archipelago in the long term

Op India  

Amid strain in India ties over President Mohammad Muizzu asking New Delhi to withdraw its troops from the Maldivian waters and the disparaging remarks by junior ministers and government officials of Maldives against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two opposition parties in the Maldives have come out against the current regime over its ‘stark’ anti-India pivot. Opposition parties in Maldives call …

Maldives Opposition parties flag Muizzu government’s ‘anti-India’ pivot
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Maldives Opposition parties flag Muizzu government’s ‘anti-India’ pivot

Live Mint  

India-Maldives Row: In the latest flare up of the diplomatic row between India and Maldives, the island nation's two Opposition parties have expressed grave concern with President Mohamed Muizzu's 'anti-India- stance. Two main opposition parties in Maldives called India as the “most long-standing ally". Maldives' two main opposition parties, Maldivian Democratic Party and the Democrats, came out in support of …

View From India | What’s happening in India-Maldives ties?
11 months, 1 week ago

View From India | What’s happening in India-Maldives ties?

The Hindu  

India-Maldives ties, which were already going through a rough patch, took a hit over the past week with Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu asking New Delhi to withdraw its troops from the Indian Ocean island nation by March 15. Recently, a war of words erupted online, with some Ministers in Mr. Muizzu’s government posting controversial remarks on Prime Minister Modi. The …

Maldives asks India to withdraw its troops by March 15
11 months, 1 week ago

Maldives asks India to withdraw its troops by March 15

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Sunday asked India to “withdraw all Indian military personnel” deployed in the Indian Ocean archipelago by March 15, even as senior officials of the two countries met in Male to discuss the issue. Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu Muizzu directed the Maldivian delegation participating in the meeting to inform Indian officials that the troops …

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's PNC loses key election to pro-India party
11 months, 1 week ago

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's PNC loses key election to pro-India party

Hindustan Times  

Amid Male's diplomatic row with New Delhi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu dealt a blow as pro-India opposition Maldivian Democratic Party on Saturday secured a landslide victory in the capital's mayoral election. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addresses a press briefing. MDP's candidate Adam Azim has been elected as the new mayor of Male, a post held by Mohamed Muizzu till recently …

Major blow to Maldives President as Muizzu’s party loses Male Mayoral poll amid diplomatic row with India
11 months, 1 week ago

Major blow to Maldives President as Muizzu’s party loses Male Mayoral poll amid diplomatic row with India

India TV News  

India-Maldives row: Amid diplomatic tensions with India, a major setback came for Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu as the pro-India opposition Maldivian Democratic Party secured a landslide victory in the capital Male’s Mayoral election. The Mayoral polls were held in the backdrop of derogatory comments posted by three deputy ministers of the Muizzu government against Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading to …

Amid tensions, Maldives asks India to withdraw its troops by March 15
11 months, 1 week ago

Amid tensions, Maldives asks India to withdraw its troops by March 15

India TV News  

Male: Amid the ongoing diplomatic tensions between India and the Maldives, local media reported that officials from the Indian High Commission in the Maldives arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Male, where held discussions on the developments that rocked the relations between the two nations. According to multiple Maldivian media including the Dhauru Maldives Media reported that officials …

Maldives leader says his country’s small size isn’t a license to bully in apparent swipe at India
11 months, 1 week ago

Maldives leader says his country’s small size isn’t a license to bully in apparent swipe at India

Associated Press  

MALE, Maldives — The president of the Maldives said Saturday that his country’s small size doesn’t give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state’s giant neighbor. President Mohamed Muizzu, speaking to the media on his return from India’s regional rival China, said the Maldives is not in any country’s backyard and …

Explained | Unravelling the shift in India-Maldives relations
11 months, 1 week ago

Explained | Unravelling the shift in India-Maldives relations

The Hindu  

The story so far: An online war of words set off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s posts pitching for tourism in the Lakshadweep islands has dramatically escalated into a diplomatic row between India and the Maldives, worsening the already strained relationship between the Indian Ocean neighbours. Bilateral relations have hit a rough patch since Mohamed Muizzu was elected President last …

China, Maldives upgrade ties with infrastructure deals in pivot from India
11 months, 1 week ago

China, Maldives upgrade ties with infrastructure deals in pivot from India

Al Jazeera  

Maldives’ new president makes first state visit to Beijing as China and India vie for influence in Indian Ocean nation. In talks with Xi, Muizzu “expressed gratitude for China’s significant role in the Maldives’ economic success … and infrastructure development,” read a statement from his office. “Under the new circumstances, China-Maldives relations face a historic opportunity to build on past …

A change for the worse: On the rapid decline in India-Maldives ties
11 months, 1 week ago

A change for the worse: On the rapid decline in India-Maldives ties

The Hindu  

The rapid decline in ties between India and the Maldives, just a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the newly elected Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, should set alarm bells ringing. The trigger came from tweets by three Maldivian Ministers, attacking Mr. Modi for promoting the Lakshadweep islands during his recent sojourn there at a perceived cost to the …

'India Out' campaign in Maldives, supported by current president, was last year when "IT cell" had no interest in Maldives
11 months, 1 week ago

'India Out' campaign in Maldives, supported by current president, was last year when "IT cell" had no interest in Maldives

Op India  

The controversy sparked by 3 Maldivian ministers, now suspended, has brought global embarrassment to the Maldivian government. So the Congress’s takeaway is not that Indians made the pro-China Maldivian government bend but that India “lost all the goodwill built over decades”. In a taunt to Mr Sinha, whose tweet first exposed the anti-India faces in the Maldivian government, Kharge blamed …

‘India out’: Maldives president eyes Middle East partners with early trips
1 year ago

‘India out’: Maldives president eyes Middle East partners with early trips

Al Jazeera  

Mohamed Muizzu broke with a long tradition of Maldivian presidents visiting New Delhi first to travel to Ankara instead. Across party lines, Maldivian presidents have long made India their first port of call after being elected, in a reflection of the South Asian giant’s traditional influence on the idyllic Indian Ocean archipelago. It “symbolises a considerable reorientation in the Maldives’s …

Vantage | How Maldives' two 'India Out' champions, Yameen and Muizzu, fell out
1 year ago

Vantage | How Maldives' two 'India Out' champions, Yameen and Muizzu, fell out

Firstpost  

Maldives’ President Mohammed Muizzu’s tenure is off to a shaky start. Reports say, Yameen’s exit is because of Mohamed Muizzu whose party is called the People’s National Congress. And in return, Muizzu made a pledge to uphold Yameen’s campaign promises including the India Out campaign. Many senior leaders of Yameen’s former party have spoken out and have supported Muizzu. We …

PM Modi, President Muizzu agree to set up core group to further deepen India-Maldives ties
1 year ago

PM Modi, President Muizzu agree to set up core group to further deepen India-Maldives ties

The Hindu  

India and the Maldives on Friday agreed to set up a core group to further deepen their partnership, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a “productive” meeting with newly-elected Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on the sidelines of the UN’s COP 28 climate summit. According to the Prime Minister's Office, the two leaders discussed ways to further bolster India-Maldives relations in …

In his first speech as Maldives leader, Mohammed Muizzu vows to evict Indian troops
1 year, 1 month ago

In his first speech as Maldives leader, Mohammed Muizzu vows to evict Indian troops

The Hindu  

President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives vowed on Friday to expel Indian troops deployed in the strategically located archipelago, in his first speech to the nation after being sworn into power. "The country will not have any foreign military personnel in the Maldives," Mr. Muizzu said after being sworn in before chief justice Ahmed Adnan at a televised, open-air ceremony. …

New Maldives president promises to expel foreign military personnel
1 year, 1 month ago

New Maldives president promises to expel foreign military personnel

Al Jazeera  

Mohamed Muizzu, who is seen as pro-China, campaigned on a promise to evict Indian troops from the country. The new Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, says he will remove foreign military personnel from the country, reaffirming his support for the departure of a small Indian force from the Indian Ocean archipelago, where India and China vie for influence. “Seen from the …

Kiren Rijiju arrives in Male to attend President-elect Mohamed Muizzu’s swearing-in ceremony
1 year, 1 month ago

Kiren Rijiju arrives in Male to attend President-elect Mohamed Muizzu’s swearing-in ceremony

The Hindu  

Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju arrived in Maldives on November 16 to represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of Maldives President-elect Mohamed Muizzu to be held in Male on November 17, five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the inaugural event of outgoing leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. While Mr. Yameen’s administration — from 2013 to 2018 — was …

Muizzu's ‘Out India’ campaign in Maldives a political slogan devoid of reality
1 year, 1 month ago

Muizzu's ‘Out India’ campaign in Maldives a political slogan devoid of reality

Hindustan Times  

Maldives president-elect Mohammed Muizzu's recent statement about removing Indian troops from the islands within a week of his inauguration has raised eyebrows and garnered attention, but the fact of the matter is that there are no Indian troops stationed in the Maldives. What India has in the Maldives are a couple of ALH helicopters and a Dornier aircraft used for …

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Muizzu’s win | How will it impact India-Maldives relations?
1 year, 2 months ago

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Muizzu’s win | How will it impact India-Maldives relations?

The Hindu  

Maldives’ new President-Elect says he wants to end the presence of Indian troops in the islands- is the election upset for New Delhi, and what is expected in the next few months in ties with the Indian Ocean neighbour?. In contrast, Solih’s government had been seen as pro-India, as President Solih openly projected an “India First Policy”, signed many agreements …

India looking to engage with the new Maldives govt. on all issues, says MEA
1 year, 2 months ago

India looking to engage with the new Maldives govt. on all issues, says MEA

The Hindu  

India looks forward to engaging the new Maldives government on “all issues”, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday, responding to the Maldivian President-elect Mohamed Muizzu’s statement that Indian military personnel would be asked to leave the islands. Coast Guard project opposed While India has had a strong military presence in the Indian Ocean Region for many years, naval …

Chinese President Xi vows to deepen ties with Maldives; congratulates Muizzu on his election as President
1 year, 2 months ago

Chinese President Xi vows to deepen ties with Maldives; congratulates Muizzu on his election as President

The Hindu  

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to deepen bilateral ties with the Maldives as he congratulated President-elect Mohamed Muizzu, whose party campaigned for forging close ties with Beijing. Mr. Muizzu, from the People’s National Congress and a close associate of former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen who forged close ties with China during his Presidency from 2013 to 2018, defeated …

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