Maldives Foreign Minister Zameer will meet S Jaishankar today

Maldives Foreign Minister Musa Zameer reached New Delhi on Wednesday night amid the diplomatic deadlock. On Thursday, he will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in which both the leaders will discuss bilateral and regional issues. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a social media post that Foreign Minister Musa Zameer is welcome on his official visit to India. During his visit, bilateral and regional issues between the two countries and ways to accelerate our multi-dimensional relations will be discussed. The ministry said Maldives is a major maritime neighbor of India in the Indian Ocean region and the visit of Foreign Minister Zameer is expected to give further impetus to bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Foreign Minister Musa Zameer is on his first visit to India as part of efforts to strengthen relations between Maldives and India. The purpose of this visit is to further strengthen long-term relations with India. Jamir’s visit comes at a time when India has to withdraw its military personnel from Maldives by May 10. In this regard, the fourth meeting of the high level core group of India and Maldives was held on 3 May. It is noteworthy that soon after becoming the President of Maldives, Mohammed Muizzu had asked India to withdraw its military personnel, who were operating three aviation platforms there. The first batch of Indian military personnel has also returned.