India-Maldives

High-level talk begins amid Muizzu asking India to withdraw troops by March 15


The core group also discussed expediting India-backed development projects in the island nation, Ibrahim Khaleel said


A high-level core group of officials from India and Maldives Sunday initiated official talks on the withdrawal of Indian military personnel stationed in the Island nation, amid Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu asking India to withdraw its troops from the archipelago by March 15.


Earlier on Sunday morning the two countries had held a high-level core group meeting to negotiate the withdrawal. Recent government figures indicate that there are 77 Indian military personnel in the Maldives.


The news agency reported that the talks began at the Maldivian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Male’


Ibrahim Khaleel, the Minister at the President's Office for Strategic Communications, told SunOnline newspaper that both the countries had agreed to set up a high-level core group during the meeting between President Muizzu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the COP28 in Dubai in December.



Khaleel said besides the withdrawal of Indian military personnel, the group also discussed expediting India-backed development projects in the island nation.


Earlier, the new Maldivian administration had established that there are 77 Indian military personnel in the Maldives. Male is also reviewing more than 100 bilateral agreements with New Delhi.


There were 24 Indian military personnel to manage the first helicopter, 25 Indians to manage the Dornier aircraft, 26 personnel to manage the second helicopter, and two more for maintenance and engineering.


The withdrawal of Indian troops had been a major poll plank for the 'pro-China' leader. Soon after taking oath as the President of Maldives on November 17 last year, President Muizzu formally requested New Delhi to withdraw its military personnel stationed in the Indian Ocean archipelagic nation, saying that the Maldivian people have given him a "strong mandate" to make this request to India.


The discussions on the withdrawal of Indian military personnel come amid a row between the two nations in the backdrop of derogatory comments posted by three deputy ministers of the Muizzu government against Prime Minister Modi.


President Muizzu suspended all three ministers after their social media postings, which stirred concern in India and calls for a boycott by Indian tourists who ranked highest in numbers followed by Russia and China.


Earlier on Saturday Maldives President Muizzu, after returning from China, said his country may be small but will not be bullied. During his just-concluded state visit to China, Muizzu sought to align Maldives closer to Beijing.


"We are not a country that is in the backyard of another country. We are an independent nation," Muizzu told reporters on his arrival home in Male on Saturday.


"This territorial integrity policy is one that China respects", he added.

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