{"id":220447,"date":"2022-12-30T20:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=220447"},"modified":"2022-12-30T20:17:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:47:58","slug":"friendly-neighbours-on-india-maldives-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/friendly-neighbours-on-india-maldives-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly neighbours \u2013 on India Maldives relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cFriendly neighbours\u201d <\/strong>published in<strong> The Hindu <\/strong>on <strong>30th December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- India and its neighbourhood relationship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>&#8211; India and Maldives relationship<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The article explains the recent political developments taking place in Maldives and its relevance for bilateral relationship between India and Maldives<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are important developments taking place in Maldives?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Former Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen was <strong>convicted<\/strong> by a criminal court in the Maldives just a year ahead of general elections.<\/p>\n<p>It could affect his plans to lead the opposition alliance due to <strong>constitutional provisions<\/strong> of Maldives.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Yameen did not enjoy a good relationship with India. As opposition leader, he has spearheaded the <strong>\u201cIndia Out&#8221; campaign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Yameen had <strong>close links with China<\/strong>. His conviction may provide some relief to India.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Why India needs to be cautious about recent developments in Maldives?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India\u2019s <strong>infrastructure aid, credit lines, loans and commissioning of various projects<\/strong> have created visible impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Close ties and <strong>high-level military exchanges<\/strong> since 2018 have raised speculation that India is eyeing a base.<\/p>\n<p>While Mr. Yameen may not be allowed to run in the next election, this might make space for even more <strong>radical elements<\/strong> in the opposition combine.<\/p>\n<p>The Solih government has been prompt in countering Mr. Yameen\u2019s allegations. But, the protests have gained some traction in parts of the country.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the way forward for India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India must keep a close watch on other parts of Maldivian politics. It includes the rift between India\u2019s closest friends there, President Solih and former President Nasheed.<\/p>\n<p>India must actively project the image of a <strong>friendly and helpful neighbour<\/strong>. It should not explicitly be seen as interfering in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>The Government needs to <strong>tread carefully<\/strong> when it comes to domestic politics in Maldives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cFriendly neighbours\u201d published in The Hindu on 30th December 2022. Syllabus: GS2- India and its neighbourhood relationship Relevance&#8211; India and Maldives relationship News&#8211; The article explains the recent political developments taking place in Maldives and its relevance for bilateral relationship between India and Maldives What are important&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/friendly-neighbours-on-india-maldives-relations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friendly neighbours \u2013 on India Maldives relations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-220447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704757366},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}