Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu is sending his overseas minister Moosa Zameer to Delhi for the primary high-level ministerial go to since he took over. (Picture: X/Moosa Zameer)
President Mohamed Muizzu is sending Moosa Zameer for the primary high-level ministerial go to following his election.
Maldivian overseas minister Moosa Zameer will go to New Delhi this week in what would be the first high-level ministerial go to by the Maldivian authorities since President Mohamed Muizzu was elected.
The go to, scheduled for Thursday (Might 9), comes a day earlier than the deadline for the withdrawal of Indian army personnel from Maldives.
The announcement of the go to was made by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA). The MEA stated Zameer will meet exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar for discussions on bilateral and regional problems with mutual curiosity.
A professional-China Muizzu got here to energy in November 2023 defeating Ibrahim Mohamed Solih within the Maldivian elections. Muizzu campaigned on the “India Out” plank to ascend to the publish and had stated that upon profitable elections he would take capital Male nearer to Beijing.
Quickly after coming to energy he requested India to withdraw its army personnel from the island nation.
Later in February 2024, India and Maldives agreed that India would pull out the 80-odd troopers stationed within the Maldives between March 10 and Might 10. India has already withdrawn two batches within the final three months.
The MEA stated that India despatched “competent Indian technical personnel” to exchange the “current personnel” who will now function the 2 helicopters and a Dornier plane that India gave to the Maldives.
“Maldives is India’s key maritime neighbour within the Indian Ocean Area (IOR) and International Minister Zameer’s go to is predicted to lend additional momentum to the bilateral cooperation between the 2 nations,” the MEA assertion stated.
A report by the Indian Specific stated that India just lately accepted highest-ever export quotas for important commodities to Maldives for 2024-25 underneath a novel bilateral mechanism. Below this mechanism, the export quotas for eggs, potatoes, onions, sugar, rice, wheat flour and pulses, river sand and stone aggregates have been raised.
The report highlighted that the accepted portions are the very best since this association got here into impact in 1981.
Following the rise within the quotas, the Maldivian International Minister Moosa Zameer thanked India for the renewal of the quota and the gesture.
