Maldives and India have signed a treaty to ease Visas for citizens of both the nations mutually. It includes those who hold Diplomatic and Official passports. Two more treaties for Renewable Energy and Development Cooperation were also signed. This was in the presence of Sushma Swaraj the External Affairs Minister and Abdulla Shahid her Maldivian counterpart.
The Foreign
Ministry of Maldives shared this update on its Twitter page:
“Maldives and India have added fresh areas of mutual
cooperation to their historic bilateral relations. This is by signing treaties
for 3 areas in the presence of their External Affairs ministers. These are
Renewable Energy, Development Cooperation and to ease Visas for citizens of
both the nations who hold Diplomatic and Official passports”.
The Foreign
Ministers of Maldives and India also discussed measures to boost bilateral
cooperation on diverse issues. These include but not limited to:
- Economic cooperation
- Enhancing people-to-people contact
- Trade and investment
- Capacity development
- Consular issues
Abdulla Shahid
said that we share special ties with India after the meeting with Sushma Swaraj
concluded. The meeting between the two Ministers also assessed the progress
achieved on the commitments announced mutually. This was during the State visit of Ibrahim Solih the President
of Maldives to India in 2018 November, as quoted by the ANI news.
The External
Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj is accompanied by Vijay Gokhale the Foreign Secretary. There are also other senior
MEA officers as well, said the MEA - Ministry of External Affairs.
Sushma Swaraj is
also scheduled to take part in meetings at the delegation-level with the
following Ministers of Government of Maldives:
- Mariya
Ahmed Didi, Minister of Defence - Ibrahim
Ameer, Minister of Finance - Mohamed
Aslam, Minister of National Planning and Infrastructure - Abdulla
Ameen, Minister of Health - Aishath
Nahula, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation - Yumna
Maumoon, Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage - Dr. Hussain Rasheed Hassan, Minister of Environment
- Fayyaz
Ismail, Minister of Economic Development
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