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India hopes Maldives will be sensitive to its concerns after island country signs agreement with China

India hopes Maldives will be sensitive to its concerns after island country signs agreement with China

By Maldives Times 3 min read

File image of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. PTI New Delhi: India said on Thursday that it attaches a lot of importance to its ties with the Maldives and hoped that the country will be sensitive to its concerns. Replying to questions on an anti-India editorial in a Maldivian newspaper, Spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry […]

Has Maldives slipped out of India’s grip? China steals another ally?

By Maldives Times 4 min read

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 […]