India has stepped up its financial support to the Maldives following talks between visiting President Muizzu and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday

India has stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives after the two leaders held talks in New Delhi in a bid to repair strained ties that saw the president of the Indian Ocean archipelago forging closer relations with China.

How did India- Maldives ties deteriorate? His pro- China stance was cemented by his pre-poll promise to replace Indian soldiers stationed in the Maldives, initially deployed for humanitarian support.