Maldives will return Indian military as soon as possible: Pro-China president-elect Mohamed Muizzu

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Maldives will work to return Indian military personnel from its shores “as soon as possible,” President-elect Mohamed Muizzu told Reuters on Sunday, insisting it was the top foreign policy priority for the tiny Indian Ocean island chain. Muizzu won Maldives’ presidential election last month, beating incumbent President Ibrahim Solih in a second-round runoff. Solih had followed an “India first” policy but Muizzu in his election campaign promised to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel in Maldives. “I will be holding frank and detailed diplomatic consultations with India to work out details of sending back military personnel...