{"id":30943,"date":"2018-10-27T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30943"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:02:15","slug":"maldives-declines-invitation-for-milan-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/maldives-declines-invitation-for-milan-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldives declines invitation for MILAN exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/maldives-declines-invitation-for-milan-exercises\/article22866665.ece\"><b>Maldives declines invitation for MILAN exercises<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maldives has declined an invitation to join the MILAN series of multilateral exercises hosted by Indian in March at Andaman and Nicobar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indo- Pacific Maritime Dialogue recently organized by Indian Navy and the National Maritime Foundation jointly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About MILAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILAN is a congregation of littoral navies conducted biennially by Indian Navy under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It began in 1995 with participation of four countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILAN is scheduled to be held from March 6-11.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year 23 countries have been invited of which 16 have confirmed so far.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Hambantota port:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Navy Adm R.C. Wijegunaratna that their leaders had assured India that Sri Lanka would not enter into any military alliances for the security of Hambabtota. It will be done by Sri Lanka armed forces and Navy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December last year, Chinese companies took over Hambantota port on long term lease, raising concerns in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maldives clarification<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maldives Ambassador to India Ahmed Mohamed issued a statement that the country&#8217;s is unable to participate due to the state of emergency in Maldives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Maldives and India enjoy a long history of excellent defence and military cooperation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maldives declines invitation for MILAN exercises Context: Maldives has declined an invitation to join the MILAN series of multilateral exercises hosted by Indian in March at Andaman and Nicobar. The Indo- Pacific Maritime Dialogue recently organized by Indian Navy and the National Maritime Foundation jointly. 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