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Mohamed Muizzu’s government in the Maldives is caught in a melee. Having stormed to power over a hyper-nationalist poll campaign against “Indian military presence”, just four months later, it’s now requesting China to send in more tourists to the island nation after a diplomatic stand-off with India and the looming…

Amid the ongoing spat between the Maldives and India, the Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI) has strongly condemned derogatory remarks made by officials in the tourism-dependent country against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Maldives’s President-elect Mr. Muizzu won a fiercely contested election in September, garnering 54% of the votes in the poll run-off.  

Though at the people’s level, a positive mindset prevails towards India, for India, the next phase of regional diplomacy may be complex after the result of the Maldivian presidential election

The president-elect of the Maldives says he's sticking to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he will initiate the process

Mohamed Muizzu’s election win is a setback for India, a boost for China and a sign of tensions in Indian Ocean region.

Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been transferred from prison to house arrest, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff

The opposition candidate beats the incumbent, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who is considered pro-India.

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