Between India, Japan, the US and EU, it should not be difficult to provide a collective economic counterweight to China in a small but strategically significant country like the Maldives.
Ex-Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is under siege again, now by his half-brother and current dictator. He has to be grateful to an Indian Naval officer for being alive.
A state of Emergency has been declared in the Maldives, after the government arrested the leader of opposition and two Supreme Court judges on Monday. India has supported the opposition leaders.
India closely monitoring situation, especially the safety of its citizens. Contingency plans in place for intervention; deployment possible at short notice.
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India has no business in Maldives so keep out of internal affair of a sovereign country.India wants to subjugate smaller South Asian countries but it will not succeed.If India intervene than it should be prepared for a backlash from China and many other countries.
Military intervention by India in the Maldives is not a great idea. Nor should the West egg us on to do something which will open up another front in our troubled relationship with China.
Interesting article.
India has no business in Maldives so keep out of internal affair of a sovereign country.India wants to subjugate smaller South Asian countries but it will not succeed.If India intervene than it should be prepared for a backlash from China and many other countries.
Military intervention by India in the Maldives is not a great idea. Nor should the West egg us on to do something which will open up another front in our troubled relationship with China.