The Maldives: President Muizzu’s team signs 5 MoUs with India
Virendra Pandit
New Delhi: Trying to reset the soured relations with India, a delegation led by the visiting Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu signed five MoUs on Monday, the media reported.
These MoUs are aimed at fostering bilateral relations between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
The Currency Swap Agreement was signed between Ahmed Munawar, the Governor of Maldives Monetary Authority, and Ajay Seth, Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
The MoU of the Rashtriya Raksha University of India and the National College of Policing and Law Enforcement of Maldives was signed between Ibrahim Shaheeb, the High Commissioner of Maldives to India, and Rajendra Kumar, the Secretary of Border Management in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Shaheeb and Kumar signed another MoU between the Central Bureau of India and the Anti-Corruption Commission of Maldives for bilateral cooperation on preventing and combating corruption.
Shaheeb, along with Munu Mahawar, the High Commissioner of India to Maldives, renewed an MoU between the National Judicial Authority of India (NJAI) and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Maldives on Training and Capacity Building Programs for Maldivian judicial officers.
Shaheeb and Mahawar renewed another MoU between India and Maldives on cooperation in Sports and Youth Affairs.
Earlier, PM Modi and President Muizzu held bilateral talks and delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were among those present on the occasion.
In a post on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “Taking forward India- Maldives special ties! PM Narendra Modi warmly received President Mohamed Muizzu of Maldives as the latter arrived at Hyderabad House. Extensive discussions on India- Maldives bilateral relations lie ahead.”
President Muizzu arrived in India on Sunday on a five-day visit and was accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan earlier on Monday.
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Maldivian President and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed as they arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
