NEW DELHI: Terrorism and the threat of radicalisation remain major threats to nations in the Indo-Pacific, Maldives Defence Minister Mariya Didi said at a virtual address during the Defence Conclave organised by BharatShakti web portal in Delhi. “Whether it has been the Christchurch attack, the Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka or the terror attack […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, N. Sathiya Moorthy, Distinguished Fellow and Head, Chennai Initiative, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and Dr Gulbin Sultana, Research Analyst with the South Asia Centre in the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel analyses former Maldives […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Abdulla Shahid, the Foreign Minister of Maldives and President-elect of the UN General Assembly in a comprehensive chat with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Threats and personal attacks in the ‘India Out’ campaign in the Maldives, he says, are being conducted by “a group in a minority that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The bomb attack targeting Former Maldives President and current Majlis Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has brought the spotlight back on the epithet that the country, at one point, had one of the world’s largest number of ‘ISIS’ jihadists per capita in Iraq and Syria. On ‘The Gist’, N Sathiya Moorthy, Distinguished Fellow and Head-Chennai […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Former Maldives President and current Speaker of the People’s Majlis (parliament), Mohamed Nasheed was reported stable following multiple surgeries for injuries he sustained after an explosion near his home in the capital Malé. The explosion was heard around the capital at around 8:39 PM local time (20 minutes before a renewed COVID curfew […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Friday and Saturday to carry forward the recent momentum in India-Sri Lanka relations, exactly a year after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected President in the island nation. On top of the agenda during Doval’s two-day visit is the revival […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India and the Maldives have signed an MoU for what is billed as the largest every infrastructure project in the island nation — a $100 million grant from India for the Greater Malé Connectivity Project which will link the capital with the three islands of Vilingili, Gulhifalhu, where a new commercial port will […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Who needs an Opposition in the Maldives when a former president and co-founder of the ruling party, Mohamed Nasheed, is playing this role quite effectively? This is the question being increasingly asked by many within and even outside the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) that Nasheed co-founded with current president Ibu Solih. Nasheed […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India has announced $250 million in urgent financial assistance through a loan with soft repayment terms to the Maldives. The country’s economy has been ruined by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the two mainstay sectors—tourism and fishing—being badly hit. This assistance will shore up liquidity, ease exchange rate fluctuations and provide the needed budgetary […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Amidst the jostling for strategic space in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) by India and China, New Delhi has stepped up its outreach to the Maldives to help its economy recover from the devastating impact of Covid-19. Indian high commissioner to the Maldives Sunjay Sudhir handed over a “symbolic cheque” of USD 5.6 […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India has been a pillar of support and assistance to the Maldives during the COVID-19 crisis, India’s High Commissioner Sunjay Sudhir tells StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. India has transferred to the Maldives, $150 million of the $400 million available under the bilateral currency swap agreement. This will enable Maldives to […]Read More
PUNE: For tourism dependent countries such as the Maldives the coronavirus emanating from China poses a huge challenge and Fayyaz Ismail, Minister Of Economic Development In The Maldives believes that containing the coronavirus should be the key priority at the moment. Speaking to Ashwin Ahmad, the minister said that Asian nations needed to become more […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Maldives Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi, in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi, says she hopes the resumption of NSA-level trilateral talks will take place soon in Malé. She also was positive on the possibility of re-including Mauritius and the Seychelles as observers in the trilaterals. The India-Maldives-Sri Lanka NSA-level […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Killing two birds with one stone: On Sunday, India lent a not so modest $1.3 million support line to the Maldives. The aid will help in the area of climate change by funding a water bottling plant. In a subtle dig at China, the grant also underscores how New Delhi’s transparent policy making can […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak fuelling global fears and following a deadly outbreak of measles since October in Pacific countries and the Democratic Republic of Congo, India has quietly butspeedily acted on an emergency request from the Maldives. 30,000 doses of the Measles/Rubella vaccine were obtained from the Serum Institute, Pune and handed […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Faris Maumoon, Executive Council Member of the Maldives Reform Movement (MRM) in conversation with StratNewsGlobal Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The discussion ranges from how and why the MRM headed by former President Maumoon Gayoom split with ex-President Yameen, how India is back as the primary strategic partner, what is China’s role in trade and development and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid reviews 14 months of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s government and how relations with India have been restored across the board. In this interview with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi, Shahid answers questions on China’s debt, India’s $1.4 billion assistance, whether there are two voices within his party on Beijing’s […]Read More
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