Diplomacy
Rumors of Myanmar-Maldives military training denied
A US Army officer trains MNDF official at a previous training camp. Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) has denied recent rumors about a co-op training camp with Myanmar. The local army camp released a statement affirming that MNDF does not have any schedules to pool military resources for a co-op training camp between Maldives and […]
Myanmar’s Health Minister cancels trip to Maldives
Following the government’s decision to cut all economic ties with Myanmar, the country’s Health Minister Myint Htwe has cancelled a scheduled visit to the Maldives. A credible source informed RaajjeMV that while the Minister was to arrive in the Maldives on Tuesday, that he has since cancelled the trip. Minister Htwe was to arrive in […]
Sri Lanka Health Minister to attend WHO South-East Asia Region meeting in Maldives
Sept 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne will leave for the Maldives tomorrow (September 5) to attend the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region meeting. Health Ministers of the 11 Member countries of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEARO) will be taking part in its 70th […]
Maldives severs trade ties with Myanmar
The Maldives has condemned the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and ceased all trade ties with the country. Citing “systematic repression” of the minority group as documented in the past by the UN, the Maldives expressed concern with “the recent cycle of violence that resulted in the death of dozens of Rohingya Muslims and displaced […]
Maldives condemns atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims; will cease all trade ties with Myanmar – Press Releases
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Maldives condemned the atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims. The Administration will cease all trade ties with Myanmar until the Government of Myanmar takes immediate action. The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reads; “The Maldives condemns in the strongest terms, the atrocities committed […]
N. Korean delegation heads to Maldives for regional meeting of WHO
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) — A North Korean delegation left for Male, the Maldives, on Saturday to attend a regional meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO), the North’s state media reported. The delegation, led by the communist state’s Public Health Minister Jang Jun-sang, traveled to the capital of the Maldives to attend the 70th […]
Maldives denies getting closer to China at the cost of India
The Maldives has reaffirmed its commitment to the ‘India First’ policy in the wake of attempts by China to woo the Indian Ocean archipelago as part of Beijing’s ‘string of pearls’ strategy to encircle India. ‘’The Maldives practices and follows an Indian First policy when it comes to security and peace in the Indian Ocean,’’ […]
Ex-president flags presence of Chinese warships in Male
The presence of three Chinese Naval warships in the Maldives is unprecedented and could indicate Beijing’s larger military presence in the Indian Ocean island nation in the future, says former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed. Speaking to The Hindu during a visit to India, his first in some years, Mr. Nasheed, who now lives in exile, […]