{"id":262804,"date":"2023-10-04T19:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=262804"},"modified":"2023-10-04T19:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:50:59","slug":"election-of-china-friendly-mohamed-muizzu-could-test-indo-maldives-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/election-of-china-friendly-mohamed-muizzu-could-test-indo-maldives-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Election of China-friendly Mohamed Muizzu could test Indo-Maldives ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cElection of China-friendly Mohamed Muizzu could test Indo-Maldives ties<\/strong>\u201d <strong>published in <\/strong><strong>The Indian Express <\/strong>on <strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> October 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations \u2013 Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong>India and Maldives Relations<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Muizzu&#8217;s victory in the Maldives&#8217; presidential election poses a challenge for India and Maldives relations because of his strong ties with China.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How has India and Maldives relations been?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Maldives and India have historically shared a close relationship due to their geographic proximity, aligned security interests, and cultural connections.<\/p>\n<p>However, as China&#8217;s influence has grown in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region, Maldives has become a part of Beijing&#8217;s economic and strategic plans.<\/p>\n<p>India has invested significantly in Maldives, particularly under the <strong>Neighbourhood First policy and the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-indian-ocean-region-ior-is-important-for-indian-security-in-light-of-this-discuss-indias-policy-of-security-and-growth-for-all-in-the-region-sagar-for-ior-i\/\"><strong>Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)<\/strong><\/a><strong> initiative<\/strong>, leading to increased security cooperation between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>India has also deepened its relationship with Maldives through initiatives like the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/colombo-security-conclave-virtual-conference-on-investigation-of-terrorism-cases\/\"><strong>Colombo Security Conclave<\/strong><\/a> and financial assistance for projects such as the Greater Male Connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-maldives-relationship-explained-pointwise\/\"><strong>India-Maldives Relationship &#8211; Explained<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What can be the way ahead for India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>India has a positive and expanding bilateral relationship with the Maldives. Hence, even with Muizzu becoming the President of the Maldives, India should strive to uphold a strong relationship with the new government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cElection of China-friendly Mohamed Muizzu could test Indo-Maldives ties\u201d published in The Indian Express on 4th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations \u2013 Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests Relevance: India and Maldives Relations News: Muizzu&#8217;s victory in the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/election-of-china-friendly-mohamed-muizzu-could-test-indo-maldives-ties\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Election of China-friendly Mohamed Muizzu could test Indo-Maldives ties<\/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":[212,10500,239],"class_list":["post-262804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-international-relations","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698496827},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262804","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=262804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}