When Moiz became president of the Maldives, he demanded the withdrawal of Indian troops stationed in his country, and after mediation, India agreed to evacuate 75 troops from the Maldives. This event greatly enhanced Muiz's prestige and the sense of sovereignty and dignity of the Maldives. In order to promote the development of the Maldives, Muiz plans to visit China, which makes Indian media Indian netizens unhappy, and they start to talk sour things.
According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maldivian President Muiz visited China on January 8. This is his first foreign visit since taking office, and President Muiz of the Maldives will lead a high-level delegation to China.
On the one hand, to promote exchanges between China and the Maldives, China and the Maldives have had exchanges since ancient times, and the exchanges between the two countries are well-known, and now China is a world power, and the Maldives seeks to establish friendly and developing relations with China, which is of course beneficial to the Maldives. On the other hand, it promotes the economic development of the country. Maldives is an island country with beautiful scenery and rich fishery resources, if it can attract Chinese to travel to the Maldives, if it can successfully open up China's aquatic product market, Maldives' economy will usher in new development opportunities.
However, Muiz's visit to China has attracted the attention of the Indian media, and the Times of India and other Indian media claim that Muiz has become one of China's important allies, and the Indian media mentioned the current diplomatic dispute between India and the Maldives over the "competition for tourists". Some Indian netizens have called for not to travel to the Maldives. Another Indian media outlet said that Muiz's trip to the country after becoming president was "surprising". In the eyes of the Indian media, the Maldives is India's important maritime neighbor in the Indian Ocean region, and its president does not visit India, but goes to China specifically, and India's influence on the Maldives is weakening.
You must know that former Maldives President Saleh pursued a pro-India strategy, while Muiz advocated "Maldives first" and was friendly to China, trying to curb India's expansion of influence in the Maldives. In the eyes of many people in India, the Maldives is not far from India and should have developed friendly relations with India, but it naturally does not want to be at the mercy of India because it is alienated from India's visit to China.
The Maldives is an independent sovereign country, and it is determined by their national interests which country it develops relations with, and when will it be India's turn to intervene? India has always regarded China as a comparative rival and has tried to catch up with and surpass China in all aspects, still less does it want the Indian Ocean countries to make friends with China. India claims to be the hegemon of South Asia, regards the Indian Ocean as a geopolitical sphere of influence, and has always maintained its dominant position as a great power, but if India really wants to be admired by its neighbors, the Modi government should maintain friendly relations with its neighbors, instead of bullying the small with the big at every turn, and bullying the neighboring countries with great power doctrine at every turn!