President Mohamed Muizzu denied at a press conference on Saturday that the Maldives government is buying missiles to arm a naval vessel donated by Turkey, calling such claims "empty lies." The vessel, identified by Turkish media as TCG Volkan (P-343), is reportedly missile-capable and is being provided under a broader defence cooperation agreement between the two countries.
One outlet so far Only Atoll Times has reported this among the sources we monitor. A gap in what we monitor, not proof that others did not report it.
I met a foreign ambassador who came to meet me and he was very concerned about the missile. I said no, these are empty lies. We are not going to buy missiles. We are not going to buy missiles
It is a size that does not exist in Maldives so far… we did not have to spend any money. We did not buy a missile for it. It does not have a missile installed
This has nothing to do with what I do in office
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