Maldivian Minister of Defence Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon and Major General Zhang Baoqun, Deputy Director at China’s Office for International Military Cooperation, held bilateral discussions on Monday. 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…
Maldives tourism hit: Controversial tweets by Maldives ministers against PM Modi sparked a call by some Indians on social media to boycott the Maldives | Photo Credit: ISHARA S. KODIKARA In January, controversial tweets by deputy ministers of the Maldives on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep led to a diplomatic row between…
Will Indian troops be moved out of the Maldives? The two countries met in the national capital to decide on the same with New Delhi saying that they “agreed on a set of mutually workable solutions” with no mention of troops’ withdrawal. The Maldives, on the other hand, claimed that the Indian troops will be…
Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer. X/@MoosaZameer COLOMBO Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 3 will not be carrying out research in Maldivian waters, but will arrive for a port call, the Government of Maldives has said. Reports of the Chinese vessel heading to the Maldives have drawn considerable attention in India, especially in the wake…
Mr Muizzu is in China for a five-day state visit. Under attack from the opposition in his own country for his ministers’ remarks on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has called China one of his nation’s “closest allies and developmental partners”. Mr Muizzu, who is on a five-day visit to…
The Maldives government on Sunday suspended two of its ministers after they shared offensive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Lakshadweep visit on social media, a Maldives spokesperson said. The decision to suspend Deputy Minister of Youth Empowerment Mariyam Shiuna and Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Hassan Zihan from their posts comes…
The diplomatic tension between India and the Maldives has spiked in recent months. New Delhi: Amid growing tensions between India and the Maldives following a controversial tweet by a Maldives minister regarding the Lakshadweep Islands, prominent Indian celebrities have taken to social media to express their solidarity with the archipelago and encourage fellow citizens to…
