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Jaishankar’s go to to the Maldives comes weeks after President Muizu visited India in June to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities. (Image: X)
Dr Jaishankar on three-day official go to to Maldives to reset bilateral ties
Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Maldivian President Mohamed Muizou right here on Saturday and harassed New Delhi’s dedication to deepen India-Maldive relations for the advantage of each nations and the folks of the area.
Jaishankar is on a three-day official go to to the Maldives to reset bilateral relations, India’s first high-level go to because the archipelago nation’s pro-China President Muizul took workplace final 12 months.
“It’s an honor to name on President Dr Mohammad Muizou. Conveying the greetings of Prime Minister @NarendraModi. Dedicated to deepening India-Maldives relations for the advantage of our folks and area.
Jaishankar’s go to to the Maldives comes weeks after President Muizu visited India in June to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities.
Earlier, Jaishankar met Maldivian Protection Minister Ghassan Moumun to debate bilateral safety cooperation and the “mutual pursuits” in sustaining peace and stability within the area amid China’s rising affect within the archipelago nation.
Relations between India and the Maldives have been severely strained since Muizou, who is thought for his pro-China leanings, took excessive job in Maldives in November 2023.
Inside hours of taking the oath, he demanded the withdrawal of Indian army personnel stationed at three aviation platforms within the Maldives.
The Indian army personnel had been subsequently changed by civilian personnel earlier than the mutually agreed date of Could 10.
That is Jaishankar’s first official go to to the Maldives since his re-election in June 2024.
Jaishankar is on a three-day go to till August 11 on the invitation of Maldivian International Minister Moussa Zamir.
In an announcement earlier than the go to, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) mentioned: “The Maldives is a crucial maritime neighbor of India and an necessary companion of India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ coverage and ‘SAGAR’ imaginative and prescient (i.e. Safety and Development of India). each within the area. “The go to goals to strengthen the shut partnership between the 2 nations and discover methods to additional strengthen bilateral relations,” the MEA assertion added.
The Maldives is one in every of India’s necessary maritime neighbors within the Indian Ocean area, and general bilateral relations, together with within the area of protection and safety, have proven an upward pattern beneath the earlier Marxist-Leninist authorities.
(This report has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from related information company – PTI)
