A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
National flags of China and Maldives fly on Tiananmen Square to welcome Maldives President Abdulla Yameen in Beijing on Dec. 6. (Getty Images) COLOMBO – In mid-December, K.C. Singh, a former head of India’s external affairs ministry, criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged slackness in setting the parameters that shape the country’s ties […]
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 […]
Photo: Yin Yeping/GT During the visit of the President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen to China, the grand ceremonial event marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Maldives took place at the Legendale Hotel Beijing on December 6. “Today, China is the Maldives’ closest development and commercial partner. The development partnerships between […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim have arrived back in Malé this evening, on conclusion of the state visit to China. The visit was made at the invitation of the President of China His Excellency Xi Jinping. During the visit, Official Talks between high-level delegations of the Maldives and China were […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim have departed from China this evening, on conclusion of the state visit made at the invitation of the President of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping. During President Yameen’s State Visit, official talks were held between the Government of Maldives and the Government of China – […]
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — China and the Maldives agreed to strengthen cooperation on tourism, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with the Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom in Beijing Thursday. “China has been the Maldives’ biggest source of tourists for seven consecutive years, and there is huge potential for more cooperation,” Li said. […]
Zhang Dejiang (R), chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, meets with Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing) BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — China and the Maldives agreed in Beijing on Friday to boost parliamentary exchanges and share experience in governance and legislation. The […]
China and the Maldives appear to have different perspectives on Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen’s three-day visit to Beijing which will end today, 9 December. Both countries feel that the visit has taken the relationship to a higher level and broadened its scope greatly. But while China has laid stress on the signing of an […]
The South Asian region’s political map is transforming phenomenally. The early counting from Nepal’s parliamentary elections, which concluded on Thursday, suggests that the Left Alliance, which comprises the country’s communist parties, is surging ahead and will form the next government in Kathmandu. The Left Alliance is notionally ‘pro-China’ in outlook. Simultaneously, the President of the Maldives, […]