NEW DELHI — The Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu was given a red-carpet welcome on his first state visit to India on Monday, a trip that Prime Minister Narendra Modi said marked a "new chapter" to reset their countries' troubled ties.

Pro-China Muizzu came to power a year ago on a promise to evict dozens of Indian troops deployed in his small but strategically located archipelago.

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