India and Maldives: Old ties, new tensions

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Maldives has been in the news for all the wrong reasons for the past some time now. The new government led by President Mohamed Muizzu asked India to withdraw military personnel, chose China for one of his first overseas visits, and then moved to scrap a key pact involving survey of water. The latest trigger has been undiplomatic words used by ministers in Muizzu’s cabinet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular and Indians in general. Advertisement Male has moved to control the damage by sacking all the three leaders who made the disparaging remarks. In India, calls are growing...