Conflict between Maldives and India: Both nations chose to keep using Indian aircraft platforms. What we currently know

Conflict between Maldives and India: Both nations chose to keep using Indian aircraft platforms. What we currently know

Regarding the removal of all Indian military troops from the Indian Ocean islands, no information was included in the joint statement.

Amidst persistent strains between the Maldives and India, the two nations convened for a second round of negotiations in New Delhi on February 2 in response to Male's insistence that all Indian military troops be removed from the Indian Ocean archipelago.

In a joint statement released after the meeting, the parties said they had reached a consensus on a number of options that would allow Indian aviation platforms to continue providing medevac and humanitarian aid to the Maldivian people.

Regarding the removal of all Indian military forces from the Indian Ocean islands, the statement was vague. It did state, however, that the high-level core group's next meeting would take place in Male at a time that works for all parties.

The Ministry of External Affairs said, "It was decided to hold the next meeting of the high-level technical the group in Male at a mutually convenient date."

President Mohammed Muizzu of the Maldives had earlier requested that India remove its military forces by March 15 after the first meeting of the high-level core group established by the two nations on January 14 in Male.

Subsequently, all parties agreed to the prompt removal of staff. The Indian side has, meanwhile, said that further discussion of the matter will be held.

Following a meeting between Maldivian President Muizzu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the fringes of the COP28 conference in Dubai in December, the decision was made to establish the high-level core group.

President Mohammed Muizzu of the Maldives requested in January that India remove all of its armed forces from the island country by March 15.

Presently, over eighty Indian military soldiers are stationed in the Maldives, mostly to pilot a single airplane and two helicopters that have completed hundreds of humanitarian relief and medical evacuation operations.

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Since Muizzu took office in November, there has been considerable friction in the two nations' ties.

Muizzu, a politician who is generally seen as being pro-China, had said that he will honor his election vow to remove Indian military forces from the nation. One day after taking over as head of state, he demanded that Indian military forces leave the Maldives.