Published January 14,2024
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The Maldives has requested India to withdraw its troops from the island nation by March 15, a senior official stated on Sunday.
This was revealed in a news convention on Sunday by Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu‘s public coverage secretary Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim.
A complete of 88 Indian navy personnel are current within the Maldives, in line with Sun News, a news web site primarily based within the capital Male, citing authorities figures.
Male put up the demand to India after Muizzu was elected president of the nation, positioned within the Indian Ocean, late final yr.
Officials from the Maldives and India, together with New Delhi’s prime diplomat in Male, Munu Mahawar, had been holding negotiations on Sunday in Male on the withdrawal of Indian troops, Ibrahim stated.
“Indian military personnel cannot stay in the Maldives. This is the policy of President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu and that of this administration,” stated the presidential secretary.
After getting back from a five-day journey to China, Muizzu instructed a news convention on Saturday that the Maldives was not “any one particular country’s backyard.”
“We are an independent and sovereign country,” he replied to questions by reporters at Velana International Airport.
“We might be a small country, but that does not give you the license to bully us,” Muizzu asserted.
Source: www.anews.com.tr