{"id":402412,"date":"2024-03-23T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/?p=402412"},"modified":"2024-03-23T13:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T08:20:12","slug":"maldives-president-makes-u-turn-declares-india-as-closest-ally-and-seeks-debt-relief-from-china-ians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/maldives-president-makes-u-turn-declares-india-as-closest-ally-and-seeks-debt-relief-from-china-ians\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldives President makes U-turn, declares India as &#8216;closest ally&#8217; and seeks debt relief from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, known for his pro-China stance, has praised India as its &#8220;closest ally&#8221; and sought debt relief for heavy loans. With loans from Exim Bank standing at USD 1.4 million, Muizzu hopes for leniency in repayment structures.<\/p>\n<p>During his recent interview with &#8216;Mihaaru&#8217;, Muizzu expressed the need for discussions on loan repayments to India. This change in tone comes after Muizzu&#8217;s critical remarks towards India and the formal request to remove Indian military personnel from the Maldives by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Muizzu&#8217;s actions, India has already begun the withdrawal of military personnel from the Maldives, with the first batch leaving this month. Muizzu aims to promote self-sufficiency in the Maldives, insisting that his decisions are not meant to distance the country from India or favor China.<\/p>\n<p>Despite media reports indicating significant Indian investments in the Maldives, tensions between the two nations have escalated due to unsavoury comments made by Muizzu&#8217;s junior ministers about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India remains a crucial maritime partner for the Maldives in the Indian Ocean Region, despite recent strains in diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, known for his pro-China stance, has praised India as its &#8220;closest ally&#8221; and sought debt relief for heavy loans. With loans from Exim Bank standing at USD 1.4 million, Muizzu hopes for leniency in repayment structures. During his recent interview with &#8216;Mihaaru&#8217;, Muizzu expressed the need for discussions on loan repayments &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1595,"featured_media":402413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16720],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uniquenewsonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}