Navigating diplomatic crossroads: Understanding the India-Maldives dispute and its implications financialexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Indo-Maldivian bilateral relationship was formalised with the signing of the Treaty of Friendship in 1981. Nevertheless, Maldivian foreign policy under President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom took a lukewarm turn towards India, despite India’s aid in preserving his regime during a coup attempt.
Despite growing 'anti-India' sentiment, the Maldivian people fondly remember 'Operation Cactus' 35 years ago when India's intervention thwarted a coup attempt to take down Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's presidency
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