Steps for country’s territorial surveillance should not concern ‘external parties’: Maldives President Muizzu

NEW DELHI: Asserting Maldives’ independence and sovereignty, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu underscored that surveillance activities within the country’s territory should not concern ‘external parties’. Although he refrained from explicitly naming any specific nation, his remarks follow the withdrawal of Indian military personnel who had been operating a gifted helicopter from India.

Muizzu further emphasised that “the Maldives isn’t a small nation”, spanning over nine hundred thousand square kilometres and its ability to…