Maldives-India Relations: A Rocky Road Ahead?
Maldives-India ties strained; Muizzu questions agreements, seeks Indian troop withdrawal amid China's influence concerns.#Maldives_India
Maldives and India are two neighborly countries in the Indian Ocean, facing each other with open arms for very friendly and close ties based on strategic, economic, and military mutual cooperation. However, the recent developments in Maldives have raised a stink over the future of their bilateral relations especially in the fields of defense and security. Table of Contents IndiaMaldives-India Relations listen Urdu
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A Change of Guard The incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the presidential election in 2018 as part of a four-party coalition, including former President Mohamed Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), but lost to another unexpected political newsmaker of the current opposition from the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) in November 2023. Muizzu, a former housing and infrastructure minister under authoritan regime of Abdulla Yameen, campaigned on nationalist platform focused on national sovereignty, economic development…