A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, walks with Maldives President Yaamin Abdul Gayoom upon his arrival at the airport in Hulhule’ Island, Maldives (Sept. 14, 2014). Image Credit: AP Photo/ Fayaz Moosa Maldives is the smallest nation in South Asia in terms of population, area and GDP. Yet in August 2017, it defied India, the regional […]
The Maldives Ambassador to China Mohamed Faisal Photo: Courtesy of the Maldivian Embassy in Beijing Over the National Day holidays, I visited Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with my family. While on the road we met a group of Chinese people and they were curious to know where we were from. I told […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has conveyed warm felicitations and sincere good wishes to the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his message to the President of China, President Yameen took note […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has conveyed warm felicitations and sincere good wishes to the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his message to the President of China, President Yameen took note of the long […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has conveyed greetings and good wishes, to President Xi Jinping and Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang, on the occasion of the 68th National Day of the Republic of China. In his message to President Xi Jinping, the President noted that this year marks 45 years of […]
On September 14, 2017, Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou met with Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed of Maldives. Kong Xuanyou expressed that China supports the efforts of the Maldivian government in safeguarding national stability and speeding up the economic and social development, and is willing to, together with Maldives, enhance high-level exchanges and take […]
PTI Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Friday said it was wrong for China to expect that the Maldives would take its side and said India’s relations with the island nation is 2,000-3,000 years old. Nasheed, who is in Delhi for an international conference, said India does not conduct diplomacy like western countries and is […]