A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives and China signed FTA last week. FTA was signed keeping India in dark. India has aired its unhappiness over the pact signed in stealth. Diplomatic script seems to have changed between India and Maldives in two years. Maldives had plunged into a severe water crisis exactly two years ago following a massive fire that […]
The Maldives are strategically located in the Indian Ocean and its value to an adversary of this country is obvious. India’s ties with the Maldives appear to be entering a renewed phase of uncertainty. Its ambassador Akhilesh Mishra has been treated indelicately. Three local government officials who called on him were suspended. The signal appears […]
United Nations — The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has membership drawn from all oceans and regions of […]
BENGALURU: The eighth edition of Ekuverin, the fortnight-long Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, will begin in Belagavi on Friday. The previous edition of the annual bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and Maldives National Defence Force was held at Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll, the Maldives in December 2016. “Ekuverin means friends in Maldivian language, and the focus […]
After the Maldives signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with China in a surprise move, India on Thursday broke its silence on the matter saying that it expected the Indian Ocean archipelago nation to be sensitive to New Delhi’s concerns. Stating that India attached the highest importance to its relations with the Maldives, External Affairs […]
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Razak and First Lady Datin Rosmah Mansor will undertake an official visit to the Maldives from the 19th to the 20th of this month, at the invitation of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and First Lady Madam Fathimath Ibrahim. Bilateral deliberations are set […]
The new Non-Resident Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Republic of Maldives, H.E. Hussein EL Saharty presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, this morning, at the President’s Office. The President welcomed the Ambassador to the Maldives during the talks that followed and congratulated him on the commencement of his […]
The Non-Resident Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of Maldives, Her Excellency Chulamanee Chartsuwan, presented her Letter of Credence to President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, this morning, at the President’s Office. During the call, the President conveyed greetings and good wishes to the King of Thailand, His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to hold a press conference following the Extraordinary Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on last week’s US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, on December 13, 2017, in Istanbul. Islamic leaders on December 13 urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of […]