Male: India has signed an agreement of 50 million defence cooperation with the Maldives after it slammed China’s One Belt One Road’ plan by investing heavily in its infrastructure. The deal was made between the two countries during India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to the Maldives. Jaishankar announced that the Maldives is India’s partner […]
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Colombo: – India has started opening fronts on different levels, to counter the increasing Chinese activities in the Indo-Pacific region. Cooperation is being solicited from the neighbouring countries for this purpose. The meeting held on Saturday, between Indian National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, and Sri Lanka and the Maldives, clearly point to that. Sources […]
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Beijing: US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, recently paid a visit to Asia. Pompeo had declared that this visit was to stop the Chinese expansionism against the sovereignty of the countries from the Indian Ocean, South East Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. As expected, a vicious reaction has emanated from China over this, which has […]
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Male: – India will be developing the strategically important Hanimadhoo International airport, in the Maldives. Following this, larger airplanes like the A-320 and Boing 737 will be able to land on this airstrip. This is considered to be a big and vital infrastructure project in Maldives. This will increase the connectivity between India and Maldives. […]
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Male: – India disbursed an aid of USD 25 crores to the Maldives, on Sunday. India is providing this assistance to recover the Maldivian economy, which crashed due to the Coronavirus crisis. It was revealed that the Maldivian economy, entangled in the Chinese debt trap, was sinking. The Maldives fears that it will be in […]
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Washington: The United States has signed a defence cooperation agreement with the Indian neighbour, Maldives, given the peace and security of the Indian Ocean region. US President Donald Trump has taken a stand to increase cooperation with the countries in this sector because of the increasing Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific sector. The US defence […]
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New Delhi: India has announced an aid of $500 million for the ‘Greater Male Connectivity Project’ (GMCP) in the Maldives. The President of Maldives specially thanked the Indian Prime Minister for the aid, whereas, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that similar cooperation would continue even in the future. Comparing the depth of the Indian […]
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New Delhi: India has announced financial aid of $1.4 billion, for the Maldives, trapped under the burden of the Chinese debt. Along with this, four memorandums of understanding (MoU) have been signed between India and Maldives. This announcement was made after bilateral talks between Maldives President Solih, currently on his India visit and Indian Prime […]
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New Delhi: The Maldives, who with the help of China has weakened India’s influence, is now striving to develop close ties with Pakistan. It has come to the fore that a few days ago, Maldives’ ‘State Electricity Company’ (STELCO), signed an agreement with Pakistan related to the power sector. While most ‘STELCO’ jobs are with […]
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Washington: A United States study group has expressed grave concern over the tightening Chinese debt trap around India’s neighbouring countries. This warning was issued by the analysts of the ‘International Assessment and Strategy Centre’ in a hearing before the US Congress committee. It was also claimed that China is trying to conspire against India by […]
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