more-inChina has accused the former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed of making “false remarks” about its ongoing projects in the Indian Ocean country. Ji Rong, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy here, said Mr. Nasheed’s “land grabbing” accusation against his country was meant to serve only “political purposes”. As a matter of fact, when Nasheed was the President, China and the Maldives launched cooperation projects.”Infra projectsMr. Nasheed in recent media reports accused China of “land-grabbing” in the garb of infrastructure projects in the Maldives. Subsequently, Mr. Yameen sent special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, while India declined the offer of hosting Male’s envoy. China has termed the current political instability in Maldives an “internal affair”.

Source: The Hindu February 12, 2018 16:52 UTC