Amid the ongoing diplomatic row between New Delhi and Male, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu extended his greetings to India on the occasion of 75th Republic Day.
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Amid the India-Maldives row, a 13-year-old boy died in the island nation on Thursday evening, after an alleged delay in arranging an Indian Dornier air ambulance to medically evacuate him from his remote island of Gaaf Alif Villingili to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in the capital Male.
Sources in the ministry of external affairs spoke to The Quint a day after Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu formally asked India to withdraw its military personnel from the island nation by 15 March.