The revelation comes days after India’s navy chief said the Maldives’ pivot to China posed a challenge and follows months of regional tension.
China’s growing presence and a controversial state of emergency in the Maldives have been the two main sources of tension for India.
China is one of the biggest investors in the Maldives, with more than a billion dollars ploughed into three infrastructure projects, and it has signed a...
Relations between the Maldives and India have sunk to new lows -- and remain on a downward trajectory -- since President Abdulla Yameen was sworn into...
Gateway House says Chinese investments and aid to the Maldives have surged since 2012, supporting multiple housing projects, a power plant, a bridge, water and sewage...
The Maldives’ ambassador to China said the country’s foreign policy was based on working with everyone and that all of its neighbours were “brothers and sisters.”
The opposition coalition has accused the doctor of neglect for refusing to provide care when sick detainees were brought to see him late at night. He...
Relations between the two countries have waned over the Maldives’ closeness with China and the state of emergency, which India has condemned.
Ministers briefed foreign media to reassure them about the situation and stress the normality of life outside Malé, which has borne the brunt of the turmoil...
Personnel officers in Maldivian companies said they have been waiting on business visas for Indian workers for almost two weeks, a process which normally takes up...
Chinese state media denied Indian reports that there was an ulterior motive for positioning the observatory in the Maldives.
India’s naval chief Sunil Lanba told media that the Maldives had declined to participate in the ‘Milan’ exercise starting March 6, with no reason given for...
A video shows UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric talking to reporters about exchanges between the United Nations and Malé.
Ties with India have been in the spotlight since the Maldives signed a massive free trade deal with China, and relations have become strained in recent...
The defence ministry said it was concerned by "irresponsible" calls for and encouragement of Indian military intervention and military action.
President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency following a shock Supreme Court ruling ordering the release of his opponents, including Mohamed Nasheed.
Mohamed Nasheed last month told reporters the Asian giant was on a shopping spree in the Maldives.
