Indian Forces To Depart Maldives By May 10, Confirms Mohamed Muizzu To Parliament
- Three weeks after the calls for a boycott, India went from being the third biggest Maldivian market to the fifth largest.
- A lot of famous people wrote on X that people shouldn't go to the country because its income depends on tourists.
President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives told the Parliament of the country on Monday that the first group of Indian troops will leave before March 10. He promised before the election that he would protect the people of Maldives’ freedom and authority.
He also said that the last two groups of Indian soldiers will leave the island country by May 10.
Many people voted for Mohamed Muizzu because he promised to pull Indian troops out of the Maldives. Muizzu is known for favoring China, which is New Delhi’s economic and military rival.
He promised in his inaugural address to “withdraw foreign troops from Maldives, recover the lost part of Maldives seas and cancel any agreement made by the state that could undermine Maldives sovereignty.”
A report from Sun Online says that Mohamed Muizzu said he would make sure that the Maldives troops could protect the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 24 hours a day.
The leader of the Maldives said that their government’s main goal is to put the needs of the people first.
Thirteen Democrats and 44 MDP MPs were among the 56 who didn’t attend his speech to protest what they called the “undemocratic ways of the government.”
Just recently, both parties said that he was taking a “turn against India.”
India and the Maldives decided last week, after meeting, that India would replace the military staff on one of the three aviation platforms by March 10, 2024. This was announced by the Maldives foreign ministry.
Up until Muizzu took power, India had been the Maldives’ closest friend for many years.
Last month, things got worse between India and the Maldives when the Maldives’ minister said bad things about Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his trip to Lakshadweep.
India had officially told the Maldives government what it thought is wrong. A lot of famous people wrote on X that people shouldn’t go to the country because its income depends on tourists.
Three weeks after the calls for a boycott, India went from being the third biggest Maldivian market to the fifth largest.
When Muizzu went to China last month, he asked the communist country to send in more tourists, which was taken as an insult to India because of the calls to boycott.
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