According to the Associated Press on February 8, India said it would replace its military personnel in the Maldives with civilian technicians who would operate three Indian aircraft providing humanitarian services.
According to the report, before India's decision, the new Maldivian ** Mohammed Moiz asked Indian military personnel to be evacuated by March 15.
At least 75 Indian military personnel are believed to be stationed in the Maldives. Their known activities include transporting patients from remote islands and rescuing them at sea. India earlier supplied the Maldives with one Dornier aircraft and two ***
Tensions between India and the Maldives have escalated since Muiz came to power last year, the report said.
The Maldives said on January 2 that the two countries met in New Delhi and agreed that India would withdraw its troops from the Maldives on March 10 and complete the process by May 10.
India's spokesman Randir Jaiswar said on the 8th that Indian military personnel "will be replaced with competent Indian technicians."
According to the report, Muiz has said that the small size of the Maldives is not a license for anyone to bully the country. (Compiled by Qing Songzhu).