ASSESSMENTS
India Looks at the Maldives and Sees China
Feb 8, 2018 | 23:03 GMT
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Highlights
- India wants to see a sympathetic politician in power in the Maldives who can advance its interests, someone like exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed.
- India's goal in the Maldives is to pressure President Yameen Abdul Gayoom to uphold a Supreme Court ruling that would enable Nasheed to return to the capital and potentially run again for president.
- In turn, New Delhi wants a sympathetic government in the Maldives to re-evaluate ongoing Chinese infrastructure projects that India fears may presage Beijing's eventual military presence in the island nation.
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