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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has once again said that Indian military personnel will not be present in the island nation after May 10, as per a local portal...
He made the statement after the opposition started criticising the Muizzu government asserting that the Indian personnel sent to Maldives as civilians are in reality military officials out of uniform...
A group of civilian personnel from India arrived in the Maldives on February 28 to assume control of one of the three aviation facilities in the country, in accordance with the March 10 deadline set by both nations for the withdrawal of Indian military forces...
There are 88 military personnel manning the three Indian platforms that have been providing humanitarian as well as medical evacuation services to the people of the Maldives...
Highlighting that securing true independence is a concept he regards with utmost priority, Muizzu said that efforts are on with due importance "to regain the southern maritime area deprived of the country in addition to expelling Indian troops from the Maldives"...
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