{"id":223311,"date":"2023-01-20T20:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=223311"},"modified":"2023-02-20T18:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:24:40","slug":"maldives-polls-indias-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/maldives-polls-indias-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldives polls, India\u2019s concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>:Maldives polls, India\u2019s concerns The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cMaldives polls, India\u2019s concerns\u201d published in <\/strong>The Indian Express <\/strong>on\u00a020th<\/sup> January 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>India-Maldives relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

News<\/strong>: India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Maldives earlier this week and met country\u2019s President Ibrahim Solih. The article discusses the current development in India and Maldives bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

What are the developments made between the two nations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Jaishankar and Maldives President participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of an international airport<\/strong> being developed by India at Hanimadhoo in Haaa Dahaalu atoll.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    They also signed three MoUs<\/strong>, including on a proposed collaboration between Cochin University and the Maldives National University, and a $100 million grant for \u201chigh impact community development\u201d projects.<\/p>\n

    Jaishankar handed over two sea ambulances to the Maldives<\/strong> Defence Ministry. He also distributed books at a pre-school<\/strong> in Manadhoo.<\/p>\n

    Jaishankar along with his counterpart inaugurated an India-funded community centre in the Foakaidhoo island.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Discussions were also made with a focus on development cooperation, capacity building and people-to-people ties.<\/p>\n

    Moreover, India\u2019s Neighbourhood First and SAGAR policies<\/strong> have helped in the improvement of ties between the two nations. Maldives is also a part of the India-driven Colombo Security Conclave.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Further, Maldives foreign policy focuses on India First but it also focuses on improving ties with China which might be of concern for India.<\/p>\n

    What is the significance of international airport being developed by India at Hanimadhoo in Haaa Dahaalu atoll?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The development of the airport will be executed by the Indian company JMC Projects Ltd.<\/strong> It has been financed by a line of credit to the Maldives from India\u2019s Exim Bank.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The airport is expected to help bring in more tourists to the northern areas<\/strong> of the Maldives as tourism is an important economic activity of Maldives.<\/p>\n

    This is the second biggest infra project that India has begun<\/strong> in recent months after the Greater Male Connectivity project<\/strong>, that aims to link the Maldives capital to three neighbouring highlands with a bridge and causeway over the sea.<\/p>\n

    These two projects are important for India to check China\u2019s presence in the nation as it has developed Male-Hulumale-Hulhule bridge and the Hulumale airport.<\/p>\n

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    Source:Maldives polls, India\u2019s concerns The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cMaldives polls, India\u2019s concerns\u201d published in The Indian Express on\u00a020th January 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations Relevance: India-Maldives relations News: India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Maldives earlier this week and met country\u2019s President Ibrahim Solih. The article discusses the current development… Continue reading Maldives polls, India\u2019s concerns<\/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":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-223311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704903765},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223311","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=223311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}