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NEW DELHI: The Maldives president-elect, Mohamed Muizzu, is clinging to his poll promise of evicting Indian military personnel from the archipelago, but says he will achieve this through diplomatic means. Muizzu, who will formally take over as president next month, has said that he hopes to see the back of the Indian troops, if possible, in the first week itself of his presidency.Widely seen as a pro-China leader, Muizzu told Al Jazeera in an interview that he will request India to remove its troops on "day one" after...