Maldives Elects Pro-China Candidate for President

The Maldives has elected the pro-China Mohamed Muizzu as the country's new president.

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00:00 Meanwhile, voters in the Maldives have elected a pro-China president.

00:04 Mohamed Mouizou won with 54 percent of the vote in Saturday's election.

00:07 He campaigned on closer ties with Beijing as opposed to neighboring India, his country's

00:12 traditional ally.

00:13 His coalition has backed Chinese loans and investment.

00:16 Mouizou's inauguration in November could see the country abandon the "India First" policy

00:21 championed by the current president, which could be a boost for China's ambitions in

00:25 the Indian Ocean.

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