Maldives To Break Ties with China in-order To Maintain Relationship With Other Nations

The Maldives considers breaking its ties with China to have a smooth relationship with other countries including India. Reportedly, the island nation is in plans to scrap the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Beijing. The Maldives Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail opined that the FTA between the Maldives and China is unacceptable and should not have been signed. Further, the finance minister Ibrahim Ameer also called the FTA as "non-existent".