Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:34pm on 13 Jan 2024,Saturday India Global
Returning home after a high-profile state visit to China, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on Saturday struck a defiant note saying "We may be small but this doesn't give them the license to bully us". His comments followed a diplomatic row with India over derogatory social media posts by three of his ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Though we have small islands in this ocean, we have a vast exclusive economic zone of 900,000 square km. This ocean does not belong to a specific country. We aren't in anyone's backyard. We are an independent and sovereign state," he said.
