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The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 30th March 2017. The following is a loose translation: The decision to make a Maldives – China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was taken in December 2014, in China. And to see if this was feasible, experts from both sides met on 4 February 2015. And […]
On 29 November, Abdulla Maseeh Speaker of Parliament called for an emergency sitting, to pass the FTA with China. 1000 page Agreement was sent to the Parliamentary oversight committee on national security affairs within 3 minutes of submission to the floor. The Committee reviews the Agreement took less than 10 minutes behind the close door […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (Express photo/Renuka Puri/File) In a sudden move that has sent alarm bells ringing in New Delhi, Maldives rammed through its Free Trade Agreement with China in the Maldivian parliament last night in a session attended by only 30 out of 85 members. The haste […]
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Credit: Reuters New Delhi: The Maldives will soon become the second country in South Asia, after Pakistan, to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with China after it was passed on Wednesday evening by parliament in a session boycotted by the opposition. The text of the FTA […]