Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu is likely to visit China this month, ahead of his visit to India, making him the first democratically elected Maldivian leader to travel to Beijing before he gets to New Delhi.
A report by ToI quoted a source in Male saying China and the Maldives are in talks for a bilateral visit to Beijing by Muizzu that could take place in a matter of a couple of weeks.
Muizzu, considered to be pro-China, also defied his successive Maldivian presidents, who chose India as their first port of call.
China will be Muizzu’s third foreign trip abroad since taking over the presidency in November 2023. He had first visited Turkey as president, before travelling to Dubai for the COP28 summit.
Meanwhile, Muizzu’s China visit and meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to be closely followed by India.
Muizzu chooses China before India
Every Maldivian president, since first democratically elected president, Nasheed, in 2008, including anti-India…
