India on Tuesday provided a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to the Maldives National Defense Force (MDNF) that is expected to boost efforts to more closely monitor the movement of Chinese vessels in regional waters, people familiar with the events said. The Dornier aircraft will operate under the command and control …
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India on Sunday provided a soft loan of $ 250 million to the Maldivian government as budget support to mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest in a series of support measures for the Indian Ocean archipelago. The aid was welcomed by Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, …
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