Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has asked India to withdraw its nearly 100-strong troop deployment by March 15, a top aide told reporters Sunday, as a row with New Delhi deepens.
The deadline was set during talks with Indian officials in the Maldives on Sunday, Muizzu's Public Policy Secretary Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim said, a day after the president returned from China where he signed a raft of deals.