Abdulla Shahid said that there are no armed foreign soldiers stationed in Maldives Male: Former Maldivian foreign minister Abdulla Shahid said on Saturday that the claims made by President Mohamed Muizzu about “thousands of Indian military personnel” were just another in a string of lies, adding that there are no armed foreign soldiers stationed in …
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 …
India will withdraw its military personnel from the Maldives between March and May, but will continue to operate the two helicopters and a Dornier aircraft in the island nation with the help of Indian civilian replacements and Maldivian defence personnel. The Maldives Foreign Ministry statement said “both sides agreed that the Government of India will …
The Maldives’s incoming president Mohamed Muizzu has vowed to expel Indian troops after taking office later this week, but told AFP he does not want to redraw regional balance by bringing in Chinese forces instead. “Maldives is too small to be entangled in geopolitical rivalry,” the president-elect said in an interview on the strategically located …