Maldives: Indian soldiers will withdraw from March. India agreed to begin this withdrawal on March 10 and complete it in two months.
The Indian contingent, which includes medical personnel, operates three maritime reconnaissance aircraft, two helicopters and a plane used to carry out medical evacuations. New Delhi has long considered the Indian Ocean archipelago as part of its sphere of influence, but since the last presidential election, the Maldives is now leaning towards China, their first creditor. Alongside the rapprochement with Beijing, tensions with New Delhi erupted, after three ministers in the Muizzu government described Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “clown” and a ‘terrorist’