10-Apr-2019
South China Morning Post
Maldives former president Mohamed Nasheed, whose party won a landslide in the archipelago’s parliamentary election, on Tuesday pledged to conduct a thorough probe into deals with China.
22-Jan-2019
The Siasat Daily
The Maldives incurred huge debts and the amount owed to China is still being assessed given that the pitfalls of China’s influence over the Maldivian economy.
17-Dec-2018
Economic Times
A bilateral investment protection agreement is expected to be signed between India and the Maldives.
3-Dec-2018
New Delhi Times
New Maldives President offered the opportunity for India to revive relations with the Maldives after former government deepened cooperation under the Belt and Road initiative and signed the China-Maldives free trade agreement.
29-Jan-2018
Nikkei Asian Review
Even before China and the Maldives last month signed the FTA in question, the paradisaic archipelago’s increasing economic dependence on China was raising red flags.
19-Dec-2017
Deccan Chronicle
The Maldives prez rushed into the agreement without following legal norms which created considerable anti-China sentiments among his people.
15-Dec-2017
Indian Express
Now that the agreement has been signed between China and Maldives, India has said it expected the Indian Ocean archipelago nation to be sensitive to New Delhi’s concerns.
1-Dec-2017
Financial Express
In November 2016, the Maldives said that it would sign its first free trade agreement soon, ostensibly with India. A year later, the island country has indeed signed its first FTA, but with China.
