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EAM S Jaishankar

21 Feb 2021

EAM S Jaishankar signs USD 50 million defence LoC agreement with Maldives

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday (February 20) handed over 1 lakh additional doses of the made-in-India COVID-19 vaccine to the Maldives. The Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Health Minister Ahmed Naseem received the coronavirus vaccine.

India Maldives ties

16 Jan 2021

First India funded project of 2021 inaugurated in the Maldives

The project is to upgrade the Ekuveni running track into a state-of-the-art synthetic nine-lane running track. It is the 8th Indian grant project of the country in the last 6 months.

India Maldives ties

09 Nov 2020

FS Harsh Shringla says India stands with Maldives' democratic journey

India's Foreign Secretary has extended New Delhi's support for the country's "democratic journey". India has also signed a number of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on infrastructure projects.

United Nations General Assembly

09 Nov 2020

India backs Maldives Foreign Minister Shahid's candidature for UNGA president

India has backed Maldives Foreign Minister's candidature for the President of United Nations General Assembly for 2021-22 period. Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla said, "We feel that the Maldives should play a more prominent role in the UN.

Operation Cactus

02 Nov 2020

Operation Cactus: How India helped the Maldives in November 1988

Operation Cactus, etched in India-Maldives history, shows how the Indian Navy played a significant role. 32 years ago, on the intervening night of November 2-3, 1988 around 200-300 armed mercenaries captured key installations in the Maldives.

29 Sep 2020

India provides Dornier aircraft to Maldives in sync with strategic ties

The aircraft will help the country in Maritime & exclusive economic zone (EEZ) surveillance, humanitarian assistance, disaster and medical Relief.

13 Aug 2020

India's special friendship with Maldives as deep as Indian Ocean waters: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India will continue to support the Maldives in mitigating the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. He asserted that the "special friendship" between both the nations "will always remain as deep as the waters of the Indian Ocean".

India Maldives ties

13 Aug 2020

India to finance Maldives's biggest infrastructure project

India on Thursday announced its support for the largest infrastructure project of Maldives--the Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) till date. India will provide funding of $500 million for the project which that will increase connectivity between the country. The $500 financial package consists of a grant of $100 million and a new Line of Credit (LOC) of $400 million.

India Maldives ties

04 Jul 2018

India takes up issue of work visas denial in Maldives, says it can hit tourism

The sources told PTI that India was also engaged in talks with Maldives over the issue of stationing of two naval helicopters in that country.

14 Jun 2018

Maldives not hiring Indians, our foreign policy is about photo ops: Rahul

Maldives, once one of our closest allies & beneficiary of massive aid, is cancelling Indian work visas, tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

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