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Maldives to reach FTA with India soon, says Minister

February 11, 2025 admin

Maldives Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed. Photo: presidency.gov.mv The Maldives will soon finalise a trade pact with India, a senior Maldivian Minister has said, barely two weeks after New Delhi appeared to caution the island nation over possible “revenue loss” from similar deals inked with other countries, including China. According to Maldivian…

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Maldivian President Muizzu to visit India ‘very soon’, says spokesperson

September 10, 2024 admin

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu will travel to India on an official visit “very soon”, his spokesperson said on Tuesday (September 10, 2024). Heena Waleed, the chief spokesperson at the President’s Office, announced Mr. Muizzu’s visit on a day when two junior ministers, suspended in January for…

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India fully withdraws soldiers from Maldives: Presidential spokesperson

May 10, 2024 admin

File photo of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. | Photo Credit: AP India has withdrawn all its soldiers from the Maldives, the government here has said, ahead of the May 10 deadline set by President Mohamed Muizzu for the complete withdrawal of Indian military personnel from his country. President Muizzu, widely seen as a pro-China leader,…

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Maldives frontrunner eyes closer ties with China

September 14, 2023 admin

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People’s National Congress, casts his vote at a polling station during the Maldives presidential election day in Male, Maldives, on September 09, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Maldives stands at a geopolitical crossroads ahead of its presidential runoff vote with the frontrunner, a former construction…

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