Vice president extols friendship with India and China
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb lauded and reaffirmed the Maldives’ friendship with rivals India and China at separate functions this week. The current administration has been accused of threatening Indian Ocean regional security by deciding to participate in the Chinese ’21st Century Maritime Silk Road’ initiative.
28 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb lauded and pledged the Maldives’ continuing friendship with rivals India and China at separate functions this week.
“The Maldives commends India’s pre-eminence in global politics and will continue to support India on issues of regional and international interest,” Adeeb said at the ‘India-Maldives Cultural Confluence’ event last night.
Adeeb described the Indian subcontinent as “a location of strategic importance with rich resources and geographic conveniences”.
He added that it is of “utmost important to promote further bilateral trade and investment to develop a sustainable infrastructure and work more closely on economic cooperation on key areas of growth.”
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