Maldives Upsets Big Brother India

[idune]

Never heard of this.

Any sources?

There was some strong indication that US moving on that direction. Given indian threat this will be opportune moment for US to offer $25-50 million/year and enjoy indian hu ha from shade of coconut grove. Read the following:

Who lost Maldives - to Uncle Sam?
The signs are that the US will finally secure access to the highly strategic Gan air base located in the southern Addu Atoll which is some 700 kilometers only from the Pentagon’s massive military base of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. For the benefit of the uninitiated, Gan was originally built by Britain, which was a key operational base during World War II and with great reluctance, it handed it over to the Maldives only in 1976.
http://blogs.rediff.com/mkbhadrakumar/2012/10/09/who-lost-maldives-to-uncle-sam/

US outsmarts India, China in Maldives
US outsmarts India, China in Maldives - Indian Punchline

 

[Peshwa]

There is a no-confidence motion in the Maldivian Parliament against this new clown of a president.....he doesnt deserve to be a president when he does not honor his country's commitments (Please do not bring in Kashmir plebiscite coz its non-enforcable, while the Maldivian govt. signed a contract here and even took the arbitration to a neutral court)

India should just wait out his ousting and then make a deal with the newly elected leaders...

 

[fallstuff]

Maldives is claiming the contract is inherently flawed, therefore not enforceable.

 

[Bang Galore]

Maldives is claiming the contract is inherently flawed, therefore not enforceable.

It is a contract, something that two parties get into. The Maldives government is a party to the contact and will bear responsibility. Maybe not enforceable but definitely compensatable.

 

[IndoUS]

Maldives is claiming the contract is inherently flawed, therefore not enforceable.

They are saying that, but facts don't lie that the thing was taken to court (a neutral court that they decided) and even the court found the contract/agreement to be fair.

Jews and Christians are not in the list. They are among believers.

So I am not a Kaffir then, that's cool.

 

[Seaman]

why everyone direct point it out to malitary

 

[Sashan]

Maldives is shooting itself in the foot. The bidding was legally done under the watch of Worldbank and the contract signed was found to be fair by the Singapore court. It is not just GMR from India involved in the contract - Malaysian company - Malaysian airport holdings is also involved as junior partner to GMR. What they claim as unfair is the airport development charge to be paid by the outgoing passengers which they say Parliament did not authorize. Various airports across the world charge such fees and nothing new. So it is going to affect the relations between not only India and Maldives but also Malaysia and Maldives as well.
Now India does not have a chance but to play hardball as the issue was not started by India.

 

[idune]

Maybe not enforceable but definitely compensatable.

Sure, $3.5 million as Maldives govt said it will compensate to GMR.

GMR Falls After Maldives Scraps Airport Contract: Mumbai Mover

The agreement provides for Maldives Airports to pay a compensation of $3.5 million to GMR over three years, Masood Imad, a spokesman for President Mohamed Waheed, said in a phone interview today from Male, the Maldives capital. The state-owned airport operator approached a Singapore court for arbitration and to establish the actual compensation amount, he said.

Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News

 

[idune]

Maybe not enforceable but definitely compensatable.

Sure, $3.5 million as Maldives govt said it will compensate to GMR.

GMR Falls After Maldives Scraps Airport Contract: Mumbai Mover

The agreement provides for Maldives Airports to pay a compensation of $3.5 million to GMR over three years, Masood Imad, a spokesman for President Mohamed Waheed, said in a phone interview today from Male, the Maldives capital. The state-owned airport operator approached a Singapore court for arbitration and to establish the actual compensation amount, he said.

Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News

 

[dollarman]

Well its unfortunate but whatever, its not going to be a big loss to us in the long run.

 

[dollarman]

Listen, our foreign policy was always screwed up around the neighborhood.

We fcked up in two of the most culturally common places India could ever have: Nepal and Myanmar. However fortunately things were not so bad as we feared and somehow things have started going well again. During Gyanendra's era, I was wondering whether these baby pups of democracy i.e. UPA-1 was going to screw our ties with Nepal or not and when Prachanda came to power, I thought we'd had it. Thanks to Battarai that things improved. And of course in case of Myanmar, Thein Sein's rise to power was a welcome where he was softer and more practical in foreign policies unlike Than Shwe.

Buddy, you need to know that Maldives is not the same as it was a decade ago. Under Nasheed, the country was moderate and wasn't so hostile and overtly Arab-wannabe as it is today. Waheed's rise to power was on the popular religious xenophobic sentiments that the conservatives in Maldives have against non-Muslims.

When Nasheed was being thrown out, we should have sent our troops into Male and crushed the overthrow but instead, MMS and his Owner just looked along like helpless losers.

We made this thanks to our so-called leaders.

You know what? China can have Maldives. They are anyway sinking with three of their 27 habitable atolls under the ocean. As for SL, we don't care a rat's rear. Geography doesn't change even if friends do.



So much for "Muslim nation". Bangladeshis are beaten and attacked and considered inferior by Maldivians everyday. They hate everyone who isn't like them despite being highly dependent on external tourism.

If you are indeed a Bangladeshi by birth and blood, you should be more pissed off at Maldivians than we are.

Just google how they treat Bangladeshis in their country.

And if you don't want to trust google as it is run by Americans then just take out some time to take your flight to Maldives next time and tell them you're a Bangladeshi. You will see it for yourself.

Well, I dont see what the big deal is. Maldives has to rely on aid from someone to survive, which is one of US or China or India.

If they feel that they want us out, as some other country (China/US) will better suit their interests, that is their choice, and they are free to try it out. If they are doing this simply because of increasing Islamic Xenophobia as you pointed out, well then its a poor choice, and they will probably end up regretting it in the long run.

 

[A1Kaid]

Maldives should opt to join Pakistan an isolated Muslim country in the Indian ocean needs a larger ally to partner with especially in this region. Pakistan should strengthen ties with Maldives.

 

[Mahabali]

so in essense what you are saying is a tiny country like maldives has more spine than bangladeshis who are indian slaves.

Dear friend this attitude is what every one is talking about...this is not doing us any good.

We should not use any words for people from other countries which we don't like when used against us.Give respect to gain respect.

A Bangla deshi ,Sri Lankan ,Nepali or maldivian all love their country and think good about their country as we do about ours.All have problems but when we sit in the cold climes of other countries and tap on the expensive laptops please ensure that you represent a country of 1.3 billion people so any thing you say will be held against all of the countrymen.

Internet has leveled the playing field so any one can stand any where and claim to piss longer than the other guy so please excersice caution and restrain when posting or replying to any post.On this or any other forum being an Indian or a Bangaladeshi does not give you any special rights.

 

[Mahabali]

Well that is fair deal then....if GMR is compensated.

Its going to be a case of once bitted twice shy.China will not have is easy either as all these countries have power strugles and change of guards and each will like to be compensated when they come to power if you refuse they will be done with you as no one bothers of the investment climate or the country.

Its is same like our politicians the main difference is our ones have more avenues to make money.

 

[my2cents]

Lessons from Male

To come back to the root of it, we messed up the Male policy needlessly. It was none of our business to propagate how the 3 lakhs Maldivians should practise liberal democracy. Worse still, we saw an al-Qaeda hand where none existed. We got out of the goof-up and reverted to our traditional policy of not being prescriptive to our neighbors, but the damage was done.

Indian Punchline - Reflections on foreign affairs

I am sure you would want liberal/conservative democracy in Maldives and so does your BD govt. So, I do not agree with the author that we should not propagate democracy in our neighborhood. I think we should have done more not less. All I can say is let us wait and see how this situation pans out. I don't think any sane minded people like what is going on... MG cancelling the GMR contract without any remedial alternatives reeks of misguided arrogance.