PM Modi to meet Maldives Prez Ibrahim Mohamed Solih today
India Today
The two leaders will hold wide-ranging talks and are expected to sign a number of agreements.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in Delhi today. The two leaders will hold wide-ranging talks following which the two sides are expected to sign a number of agreements.
Solih is on a four-day visit to India and arrived in the national capital on Monday.
The visit comes weeks after the union cabinet led by PM Modi approved a pact for judicial cooperation between India and Maldives. The pact will provide a platform to tap the benefits of Information Technology (IT) for court digitisation and could be a potential growth area for IT companies and start-ups in both countries.
Solih held a meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday. After the meeting, Jaishankar said India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy and the Maldives' 'India First' policy are "complementary" and they take the special partnership forward.
The Maldives is one of India's key maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region and the overall bilateral ties including in areas of defence and security, have been on an upward trajectory in the past few years.
Solih had earlier visited India in 2018 on his first overseas tour after becoming the President.
(With inputs from PTI)
