Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will be on a State visit to India from October 6-10, in the first bilateral visit of President Muizzu to India.
He had earlier visited India in June 2024 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Modi and the Council of Ministers.
During his visit to India, President Muizzu will meet President Droupadi Murmu and hold discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutual interest, a statement said.
President Muizzu will also visit Mumbai and Bengaluru where he would be attending business events.
Maldives is India’s key maritime neighbor in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and holds a special place in Prime Minister’s vision of ‘SAGAR’ (Security and Growth for All in the Region) and India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’.
The visit of President Muizzu to India after the recent visit of the External Affairs Minister to Maldives is testimony to the importance that India attaches to its relations with the Maldives and is expected to lend further momentum to cooperation and robust people to people ties between the two countries, the statement added.
