After concluding his five-day China go to, Maldives President Muizzu on Saturday mentioned that no nation had the precise to “bully” the island nation.
His assertion got here amid a diplomatic row between India and the Maldives after Maldivian politicians made derogatory remarks in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current go to to Lakshadweep.
“We could also be small, however that doesn’t provide the licence to bully us,” Muizzu mentioned throughout a press convention.
A row erupted between India and Maldives after sure Maldivian politicians together with ministers, made derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lakshadweep go to. The ministers had inferred Modi’s go to to Lakshadweep as an try to wean vacationers away from the island nation.
After India raised the matter with the Maldives, three ministers had been suspended from their posts on January 7.
The following day, the Maldivian envoy to India was summoned to the Exterior Affairs Ministry and conveyed its sturdy issues over disparaging social media posts in opposition to PM Modi.
The remarks by the Maldives’ ministers have angered Indians as they cancelled their deliberate holidays to the island nation. EaseMyTrip, a web based journey firm, additionally suspended flights to the Maldives amid the row.
