india and maldives have “agreed to fast-track the withdrawal of indian military personnel” from the island nation, according to maldives’ ministry of foreign affairs. the first meeting of the high-level core group between the maldives and india took place in male’ on sunday. “during the meeting held at the ministry of foreign affairs of maldives, both sides reviewed the existing bilateral cooperation. discussions were held on a wide range of issues of mutual interest, including development cooperation,”