President Yameen to travel to China
President Abdula Yameen is to travel to China on June 11 to visit the China-South Asia exposition and the Kunming import and export fair, local media report.
View ArticlePresident Yameen departs to China
President Abdulla Yameen departed for China this morning to attend the 3rd China-South Asia Exposition, and the 23rd Kunming Import and Export Commodities Fair.
View ArticleChina to fund Malé-Hulhulé bridge, says minister
An agreement was penned today during President Abdulla Yameen's visit to China for carrying out the ongoing feasibility survey of the Malé-Hulhulé bridge project with Chinese grant aid.
View ArticleChinese investment in Maldives tourism ‘expected to rise’
Tourism minister Ahmed Adeeb has said he expects an increase in Chinese investment in Maldives tourism following the lease of a second island for resort development to Chinese companies. “More Chinese...
View ArticleSino-Maldives relations at ‘an all-time high,’ says President Yameen
President Xi Jinping in his historic state visit last year invited the Maldives to “journey with China on the high-speed bullet train to progress and prosperity,” President Yameen said in his keynote...
View ArticleMaldives becomes founding member of Asian infrastructure bank
The Maldives signed articles of agreement to establish the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as one of 57 prospective founding members.
View ArticleDefence minister summoned over Chinese submarine ‘incursion into Maldivian...
Defence minister Moosa Ali Jaleel has been summoned to parliament to answer whether a Chinese Yuan class 335 submarine entered Maldivian territorial waters between March 31 and May 22. MDP MP Eva...
View ArticleWith Chinese grants and loans Malé-Hulhulé bridge inches closer to reality
The Malé-Hulhumalé bridge will cost an estimated US$300 million, finance minister Abdulla Jihad revealed today. In addition to US$100 million in grant aid, the Chinese government will also provide a...
View ArticleAmendments raise fear of Chinese military expansion in the Maldives
Proposed constitutional amendments to allow foreign ownership of land in the Maldives will allow China to establish military facilities in the Maldives and destabilize the Indian Ocean, a source within...
View ArticleForeign freeholds will not threaten Indian Ocean security, assures President...
After ratifying the second amendment to the constitution today, President Yameen sought to allay fears over foreign ownership of land in the Maldives, assuring the public that freeholds will not threat...
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