A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives’ foreign minister Dr Mohamed Asim (L) meets Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Maldives and China will not undermine the former’s ties with neighbouring India, declared foreign minister Dr Mohamed Asim late Sunday. The contentious free trade pact, which cemented the close relations incumbent president Abdulla Yameen has […]
Tourists pictured at VIA. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has stated that Chinese travel agents will not be permitted to operate in the Maldives under the new bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the Maldives and China. MATATO stated that the FTA would have a positive impact on […]
Aerial view of Maldives Ports Limited (MPL)’s commercial harbour in capital Male. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU The Maldives government is looking to develop a lab to test the quality of goods imported from China after the recently signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries comes into effect. In the FTA, China has agreed to establish […]
Henveiru North MP Abdulla Shahid waves before his hearing at the Criminal Court. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Member of main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and lawmaker of Henveiru North constituency, Abdulla Shahid, called on the government to disclose details of the agreements recently signed between the Maldives and China. The governments of the two countries […]
Maldives’ president Abdulla Yameen (L-2) and first lady Fathimath Ibrahim (L) pictured with China’s president Xi Jinping (R-2) and first lady Peng Liyuan during Yameen’s first state visit to China. PHOTO/NEWS.CN The governments of the Maldives and China held official talks Thursday during which Chinese president Xi Jinping declared that the collaboration between the two […]
Ongoing reclamation of land to develop the link road between Hulhule and Hulhumale. PHOTO/HDC The Maldives and China on Thursday signed agreements to develop an Airport Economic Zone and a Joint Ocean Observation Station in the archipelago. The agreements were among 12 key contracts signed between the two countries during president Abdulla Yameen’s first state […]
President Abdulla Yameen (C) speaks at the Business Leaders Forum during his first state visit to China. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE The Maldives on Thursday signed an agreement with China to cooperate with the One Belt, One Road initiative spearheaded by China’s leader Xi Jinping. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Maldives’ economic minister Mohamed […]
Maldives’ president Abdulla Yameen and China’s president Xi Jingping watch as Maldives’ economic minister Mohamed Saeed and China’s commerce minister Zhong Shan sign the free trade agreement between the Maldives and China. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE The governments of the Maldives and China signed the long-discussed free trade agreement (FTA) on Thursday. The agreement was one of […]
President Abdulla Yameen (C) speaks at the Business Leaders Forum during his first state visit to China. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE The Maldives would always welcome foreign investments and the best time to invest in the archipelago is now, proclaimed president Abdulla Yameen on Thursday in China. Yameen and first lady Fathimath Ibrahim is currently on a […]