Balancing India-Maldives ties

The Maldives has benefitted from its attempt to expand foreign relations.

On the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 2, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Mohammad Muizzu, the newly elected President of the Maldives. This was the first meeting of the two leaders, which is significant in the context of Muizzu’s longstanding “India out” campaign. The campaign aims to remove the 77 Indian military personnel stationed at Addu Atoll, the southernmost island in the Maldives.