Portal:Maldives/Selected articles/21

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) meeting Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu (left) at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference

In January 2024, relations between India and Maldives, traditionally close neighbors with strong historical and cultural ties, became strained due to derogatory remarks by Maldivian cabinet ministers and concerns over racism, targeted towards Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as India.

Reactions in India called for a boycott of vacations to the Maldives. The row from Maldives side led to the death of a young Maldivian teenager who had to be taken to India via an air ambulance, after the request at the last minute was denied by Maldivian authorities due to the tensions between the two countries. (Full article...)