China boosts presence in Indian Ocean region with FM Wang Yi's Maldives visit

Uniindia: Male, Jan 8 (UNI) The Maldives termed China as one of its “most important development partners” as the two sides inked five agreements on Saturday during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the atoll nation, in a visit being viewed as Beijing’s determined push to widen its footprint in the geopolitically strategic Indian Ocean region.

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