ISTANBUL (AA) — The Maldives has asked India to withdraw its troops from the island nation by March 15, a senior official said on Sunday. This was revealed in a news conference on Sunday by Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s public policy secretary Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim. A total of 88 Indian military personnel are present in […]...
Malé, Maldives – – AFP President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives has vowed to expel Indian troops deployed in the strategically located archipelago, in his first speech to the nation after being sworn into power. Muizzu, 45, did not name India — but promised he would deliver on his election promises, key among them a […...
Malé, Maldives – AFP 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 ...
Malé, Maldives – AFP The president-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, has marked his victory with a pledge to end the foreign military presence in his small but strategically placed atoll nation. Muizzu, 45, addressing his first public rally after winning Saturday’s runoff election stopped short of naming India, the only foreig...