When will the Indian Army deployed in Maldives return to its homeland; Both sides took this important decision after the meeting
India-Maldives: India has deployed around 80 personnel, including medical staff, to operate three aircraft to patrol the vast maritime area of the archipelago.
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The core group meeting of both India and Maldives was held in New Delhi. Whether Indian soldiers should be taken out of Maldives or not. The two countries met in the national capital to decide on this and New Delhi said they have agreed to a consensus of mutually practical solutions. There is no mention of withdrawal of troops in this. On the other hand, Maldives claimed that Indian troops would be sent back by May. During the meeting, both sides continued their discussions on a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation towards identifying steps to enhance the partnership, including accelerating the implementation of ongoing development cooperation projects, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
India has deployed around 80 personnel, including medical staff, to operate three aircraft to patrol the vast maritime area of the archipelago. The ministry said both sides have also agreed on a set of mutually practical solutions to enable continued operations of Indian aviation platforms providing humanitarian and medevac services to the people of Maldives.
The Maldives Foreign Ministry said in a statement today that both sides agreed that the Indian government will replace military personnel in one of the three aviation platforms by March 10 and the replacement of military personnel in the other two platforms by May 10. Will complete it. The two sides decided to set up the core group following a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Muizzu on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai in December.
Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu came to power in November after promising to expel Indian forces. New Delhi considers the Indian Ocean archipelago within its sphere of influence, but the Maldives has shifted into the orbit of China, its largest external creditor. Upon returning from his first state visit to China in January, the President asked India to withdraw its troops by March 15.
