A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Xi Jinping and Maldives President Abdulla Yameen review an honor guard before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. The two also witnessed a dozen documents being signed. LIU WEIBING/XINHUA China and the Maldives signed 12 documents, including a free trade agreement, to boost cooperation in such areas […]
Latvian food and beverages producer Ilgezeem has started selling its products in Israel, Iran, the Maldives, the Netherlands and Finland, the company’s marketing and sales head Rihards Jablokovs told LETA. Jablokovs said that Ilgezeem is currently shipping products to Israel, Iran and the Maldives in containers and that smaller amounts of Ilgezeem products – two […]
Jumeirah Vittaveli villa and resort in Maldives is delighted to be named the 2017 Global Hotel of the Year, in the 11th edition of the World Luxury Hotel Awards, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland over the weekend. Voted by over 300,000 travellers to name their favourite luxury hotel over a four-week period, Jumeirah Vittaveli in Maldives stood out. Renowned for its […]
Deep in the Indian Ocean, Six Senses Laamu is the only resort in the Laamu Atoll, in the thick of the Maldives. It’s an island luxury resort focused on total decompression from day to day life, with a shot of adrenaline if you’re into surfing, diving, snorkeling, wakeboarding, water skiing, dolphins, and sea life. It’s […]
The Maldives-China Free Trade Agreement (MCFTA) which was passed by the Maldivian Parliament recently is likely to be signed during Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen’s three-day visit to Beijing which begins today, 6 December, a Maldivian official said. A brief note issued on Monday said the trip will take place from 6 to 9 December. “High-level […]
The Maldives Government today defended a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China and also expressed confidence over its relationship with Sri Lanka. Addressing journalists in Colombo, the Maldives Attorney General Mohamed Anil, Fisheries Minister Mohamed Shainee and the Maldives Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mohamed Hussain Shareef said that the FTA with China, which has been approved […]
With Maldives and China entering into a Free Trade Agreement, the nitty-gritty of which is yet to be made public, there’s a mounting concern that the strategically located archipelago could be the next country to walk into a Beijing debt trap, a situation that has serious strategic ramifications for India. In an exclusive interaction with […]
The free trade agreement (FTA) that the Maldives signed last week with China has attracted a lot of attention, with concerns being expressed by Indian media about China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean. The Maldivian government “allowed for less than one hour for the entire parliamentary process to approve the 1,000-plus page document,” and […]
IMAGE: A scene from Male, the Maldivian capital. The man in the posters is Abdulla Yameen, the Maldives’ president. Photograph: Reuters This week, China and the Maldives signed a Free Trade Agreement that took India by surprise. ‘Agreements signed between the Maldives and China have seriously worried India,’ reports Aditi Phadnis. Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted […]