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Indian relations with the Maldives nosedived after President Muizzu was elected President in the November 2023 Presidential elections after defeating Ibrahim Solih of the Maldives Democratic Party(MDP). This development alarmed New Delhi with larger strategic implications for the region which raises questions about Geo-Strategic importance of Maldives from the prism of both India and China , Maldives’s Strategy and India’s options on the table.
President Muizzu immediately demanded the withdrawal of Indian Military personnel keeping…