India Maldives Relations

Ally China 'closely watching' Maldives situation, hopes Male can resolve crisis by itself

China, which did not even have its embassy in the Maldives until 2011, has expanded interests in the nation strategically located in the Indian Ocean.

Maldives crisis: Mohamed Nasheed seeks India's military and diplomatic intervention to end ongoing turmoil

Exiled former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed on Tuesday sought India's diplomatic and military intervention to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the island nation after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of Emergency and troops arrested the top judge.

Maldives crisis updates: Experts rule out 'Operation Cactus'-like Indian intervention amid country's political crisis

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency in the honeymoon islands, before heavily armed troops stormed the country's top court and a former president was arrested in a deepening political crisis.

Saudi Arabia eyes Maldives atoll to build SEZ: Why India is concerned about this development

Saudi Arabia's reigning monarch Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud is scheduled to visit tiny Maldives next month amid strong rumours that he will sign an important agreement

Maldives jumps into Saudi lap to embrace radical Islam: India has reason to be concerned

Maldives, the only South Asian country that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outreach has not covered since he was elected in 2014, has its controversial president Abdulla Yameen visiting India on a two-day visit that began on Sunday

Stunned by MDP's treachery, India in no hurry to bail out Nasheed

Maldives is in a tailspin. Not much surprising because the Maldivian polity has been in a tailspin for several years in the recent past.