The Maldives had proposed a visit by President Mohamed Muizzu to India latterly this month. President Muizzu, who assumed office in November of last time, has so far visited Turkey, the UAE, and China, since coming to power, marking a departure from the tradition of making India the first foreign destination for a recently- tagged Maldivian chairman.
The visit was proposed before the current politic extremity erupted over depreciatory reflections by the ministers of the Muizzu government. The President is presently on a week-long visit to China where he visited the Xiamen Free Trade Zone in Fujian fiefdom and engaged with elderly officers of the China Dispatches Construction Company Limited( CCCC). also, meetings were held with prominent Chinese political numbers, including Zhou Zuyi, Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Party Committee, and Zhao Long, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Fujian Province.
He will, latterly in the visit, meet Chinese President Xi Jinping as well. Exclusive|Ex-vice chairman calls current India- Maldives row' veritably sad' incident President Muizzu's administration, which came to power on ananti-India plank, has called on India to withdraw its colors from the country indeed though it conceded the part of Indian means in philanthropic sweats. The current govt in the Island nation has also not renewed the nautical agreement with India.
This move, coupled with depreciatory reflections made by Maldivian ministers about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has led to a strain in bilateral ties. The Maldivian government, in response to the controversial statements, has suspended the ministers involved in the depreciatory commentary incident & receded itself from those commentary. The bilateral relationship between India and the Maldives had been positive before the Muizzu government assumed power. India has constantly supported colorful backing systems in the Maldives, especially during critical moments, similar as the 1988 achievement attempt and the 2004 Tsunami.
India's nippy response to the water extremity in Malé in December 2014 farther solidified the ties. New Delhi had also continued its support to the Maldives during the COVID- 19 extremity by transferring vaccines to the islet nation. also, India remains a crucial contributor to the training of the Maldivian National Defence Force( MNDF), meeting a significant portion of their defence training conditions.
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