On Saturday, the Chinese government updated the number of its nationals evacuated from Lebanon to 215. The embassy in Beirut has not confirmed how many of its citizens remain in the country. Last week, the embassy in Tehran issued a preliminary advisory that Chinese nationals should take “precautionary security measures.” (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday during a brief visit to New Delhi. Muizzu’s visit to India is widely seen as an effort to repair ties that were badly damaged when Muizzu came to power last year and re-oriented the Indian Ocean island state’s foreign policy away from India and towards China. (THE HINDU)