It is reported that a few days ago, there was a friction incident between India and the Maldives. The reason is that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a post about the superior conditions of the "pristine beaches" of the Lakshadweep Islands in India, which is considered to be "competing for tourists" with the Maldives because of the tourism conflict between India and the Maldives. Later in the day, three Maldivian deputy ministers began posting sarcastic posts on social media groups, in which they compared India's prime minister to an "Israeli puppet" and a "clown", with Deputy Minister for Youth Rights Shuna directly accusing India of being a "cow dung state". India then immediately put pressure on Maldives diplomacy to suspend three deputy ministers.
The news mentioned that at a time when disputes between the Maldives and India broke out, the news of President Moiz's visit to China aroused great concern in the Indian media. The Times of India and other media outlets paid close attention to the trip, arguing that Muiz was "going to China with other missions," including getting rid of Indian influence. Since the current government came to power, India has also canceled and suspended the implementation of a number of reciprocal policies with the Maldives, and the Indian media said that Modi is about to "use his strength to tell the answer to this country that is not self-sufficient", in short, the relationship between the two countries has entered a period of disharmony.
On the 8th, the President of the Maldives led a delegation to China. During his speech, he emphasized the importance of China as an important ally and indispensable partner in the development of the Maldives. Muiz spoke of the long-standing friendship between the two countries, saying that the bilateral relationship dates back to the ancient Maritime Silk Road, and that China remains one of the Maldives' "closest allies and development partners." It is also reported that Moiz, on behalf of the Maldives, has proposed some trade options to China, hoping to increase exports to China in various fields.
However, the Indian media is very dissatisfied with this, and in the report on the 8th, a number of Indian media forwarded the speech of the President of the Maldives, roughly mentioning two points of view: one is that the Maldives has been "favored by India for a long time", more than 70% of its tourist visitors are Indians, and the Indian army has also protected their safety in the past. The second is that the Maldives is now going to "take refuge in China", and it is obvious that they have eaten up India's interests and turned to another country, trying to stimulate India to spend money to balance the relationship between the two sides. But the Indian media advised Modi to use heavy-handed tactics and not to give them any facilitation policies.
It is also worth mentioning that Indian observers also believe that the Maldivians are very unhappy with a policy of the Modi government, which is the beginning of this "war of words" between the two sides, Modi chose to stand by the wall in the Israeli attack on Gaza, refusing to condemn the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian population. This has sparked widespread discontent in the Muslim-believing Maldives, so much so that one of the deputy ministers accused Modi of being a "clown" and a "puppet of Israel." A comment on this said: "The Indian media is known for its sensitivity, and they are the only ones who have been vilified as 'defecting to China' during an ordinary state visit, but the Indian government's goal of controlling several neighboring countries has not been achieved, and now more and more small countries have had enough of them." ”