Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu says ‘no one has license to bully us’ amid diplomatic row with India
boycott Maldives trend as Indians expressed displeasure on the remarks made against PM Modi. Maldives took action against the 3 ministers and suspended them from their positions, but many Indians canceled their plans to visit Maldives with influential celebrities requesting people of the country to visit our islands like Lakshadweep instead. In his address, the Maldives President asserted that the ocean does not belong to any specific country and Maldives has one of the biggest shares of the ocean.
“Though we have small islands in this ocean, we have a vast exclusive economic zone of 9,00,000 square kilometers. Maldives is one of the countries with the biggest share of this ocean. This ocean does not belong to a specific country.
This ocean also belongs to all countries situated in it," the news platform Times of India quoted Mohamed Muizzu as saying. Mohamed Muizzu gave a strong response when asked about the comments like Maldives is situated in India's backyard. The President said that we don't belong to anyone's backyard and Maldives is an independent, sovereign state.
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