The president of Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu. Archive | Photograph credit score: AP
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on June 8 stated it will be an honor for him to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony and that his go to to India for this historic occasion would present that bilateral relations are transferring in a single course. constructive.
Mr. Muizzu’s feedback got here as he accepted an invite to attend Prime Minister Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi. Modi might be sworn in on June 9, his third consecutive time period as Prime Minister.
“President Muizzu has accepted the invitation to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Modi and the Council of Ministers of the Authorities of India,” his workplace stated in a press release.
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Munu Mahawar, Excessive Commissioner of India to the Maldives, introduced the invitation letter to the President throughout a courtesy name on the President’s Workplace.
“Within the name, the Excessive Commissioner expressed greetings from Prime Minister Modi, stating that the Prime Minister hopes that the President will attend this momentous ceremony marking his third swearing-in as Prime Minister of India,” the assertion stated.
The President expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister for the invitation and added that it will be an honor for him to attend this historic occasion.
He additionally said that he seems ahead to working with the Prime Minister to additional strengthen the shut relations with India, noting that the Maldives-India relationship is transferring in a constructive course, as this go to will reveal. The President thanked the Excessive Commissioner for personally delivering the invitation. Muizzu’s workplace, nevertheless, didn’t reveal when he would depart for India.
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Earlier on Wednesday, Muizzu congratulated Prime Minister Modi and expressed his want to work with the Indian Prime Minister to advance bilateral relations. “Congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi and the BJP and the BJP-led NDA, for achievement within the 2024 Indian common elections, for the third consecutive time period.”
“I stay up for working collectively to advance our shared pursuits towards shared prosperity and stability for our two nations,” Muizzu posted on X.
This would be the pro-China president’s first official go to to India since he took workplace on November 17 final 12 months. Not like his predecessors, who stopped in New Delhi after taking workplace, Muizzu had first traveled to Turkiye and China for his first state go to in January.
Inside hours of his swearing-in, Muizzu had demanded the expulsion of round 88 Indian navy personnel from his nation, straining bilateral relations. Navy personnel have been repatriated from three aviation platforms and changed by Indian civilians forward of the Could 10 deadline set by Muizzu.
The swearing-in ceremony is anticipated to be attended by leaders from neighboring nations, together with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius and Seychelles, moreover the Maldives, as a part of India’s ‘neighbourhood first’ coverage. .