China supports Maldives’ sovereignty, ties will grow stronger: Muizzu amid uneasy ties with India

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Follow us on Image Source : PTI (FILE) Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu India-Maldives tensions: Amid strained ties with India, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has lauded his country's flourishing strategic relations with its neighbour China, saying that the two nations fully respected each other and Beijing fully supported the sovereignty of the island country. The pro-China leader recently came from a high-profile visit from China amid a diplomatic row between the Maldives and India. In an interview with Chinese state-run media, Muizzu asserted that China has assisted in the development of the Maldives since establishing diplomatic relations in 1972 as both...