Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on August 10, 2024. | Picture Credit score: PTI
Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Saturday (10 August 2024) and emphasised New Delhi’s dedication to deepen India-Maldives ties for the good thing about the folks of the 2 nations and the area.
Mr Jaishankar is on a three-day official go to to the Maldives to reset bilateral relations, the primary high-level journey from India after the archipelago nation’s pro-China president Muizzu took workplace in 2023.
“I had the privilege of calling on President Dr Mohamed Muizzu. I conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I pledged to deepen ties between India and Maldives for the good thing about our folks and the area,” Jaishankar posted on X (previously referred to as Twitter) together with {a photograph} of the assembly.
Jaishankar’s journey to the Maldives comes weeks after President Muizzu’s go to to India in June to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities.
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The Maldives is one among India’s main maritime neighbours within the Indian Ocean area and total bilateral ties, together with within the areas of defence and safety, have been on an upward trajectory beneath the earlier authorities in Male.