Tag: Abdulla Yameen

New Delhi : Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen tried to play India and China against each other, but the new government of Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has a strong "India-first policy" and was not interested in playing such games, the country's Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid said on Tuesday. He siad even as India was the closest and most-trusted friend of the Maldives, the new government in the island nation was open to engaging with other countries, including China. "President Yameen, during his five years in office, tried to play China against India,...