India agrees to withdraw soldiers from Maldives – President Muizzu

Mohamed Muizzu, the newly elected president of Maldives speaks during his inauguration ceremony in Male, Maldives November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Nishan Ali/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) – India’s government has agreed to withdraw its soldiers from the Maldives, the Indian Ocean archipelago’s President Mohamed Muizzu said on Sunday. Muizzu won the presidential election in September, having campaigned to alter the Maldives’s “India first” policy and promising the removal of a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel. “In the discussions we had, the Indian government has agreed to remove Indian soldiers,” Muizzu told reporters. “We…