Runoff vote was widely seen as a referendum on whether to pursue closer ties with China or India, both vying for influence in the island nation
Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu won Saturday’s presidential election in the, a result set to once again upend the archipelago’s relationship with traditional partner India.
Muizzu made a brief appearance outside his party’s campaign headquarters to urge supporters not to celebrate until Sunday morning, when campaign restrictions officially come to an end.The result upends Solih’s efforts to revert the country’s diplomatic posture back towards New Delhi since taking office five years ago.
The Maldives sits in a strategically vital position in the middle of the Indian Ocean, astride one of the world’s busiest east-west shipping lanes.
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