India's relationship with it's neighbors vary on which countries they are. Maldives and their very geographically close neighbor, India, have pretty friendly and cordial relations. India has assured the Maldives of their full support and assistance in their economic development. Indian troops even went to the Maldives and rescued hostages who had been seized in a coup in November of 1988.
Maldives also has close relations with Palestine. Recently, they have also recovered their relations with Israel. At one point the President of The Maldives went to visit Palestine yet failed to even stop by Israel. The people of Israel felt upset about this. About 20 years ago ties have been improving. Since then the two have signed three agreements in the fields of health, tourism, and education.
All in all, these countries are mostly of the Islam religion. There are also a few other of the Maldives neighbors with the religion of Islam. This is partially why The Maldives gets along with them. The Maldivian people are very serious when it comes to their religion. Their people do not allow any practice other than Islam and do not grant non- muslim citizenship. Throughout history, some countries have tried to take over the Maldives especially the British. Therefore, they are close and friendly with mostly their few surrounding neighbors.
Due to the fact that the Maldivian people are almost entirely Islamic, there aren't many other dominating local groups or ethnicities in their country. The few that are different are usually tourists. They are not influenced much by the other groups or ethnicities around since they mainly all agree on their Islamic way of life being the way to go.
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