Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on five-day ‘reconciliation’ visit to India from Monday

New Delhi: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu might even be visiting India on a five-day talk over with origin on Monday, October 7. The talk over with by Maldives President Muizzu holds an awful lot of significance as India and Maldives have now not been on the precise of terms since January 2024 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appreciation of the Lakshadweep islands didn’t reasonably go down well with the pinnacle authorities of Maldives.

The talk over with is being viewed as an effort of reconciliation.

President Muizzu attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in June, on the other hand, it may possibly be his first bilateral talk over with to India.

The India-Maldives relations came below severe strain since Muizzu, known for his pro-China leanings, took charge of the pinnacle place of job in November as within hours of his oath, he had demanded the withdrawal of Indian military personnel from Maldives. Subsequently, the Indian military personnel were replaced by civilians.

Announcing Muizzu’s outing, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that is an extended way expected to lend in the same way momentum to cooperation and robust people to people ties between the 2 countries.

“President of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu might even be travelling to India on a state talk over with from October 6 to 10,” said MEA.

At some stage in his talk over with, Muizzu will hold discussions with PM Modi on bilateral, regional, and international problems with mutual interest, it said.

Muizzu might even be scheduled to satisfy President Droupadi Murmu.

In addition to Delhi, he's going to also talk over with Mumbai and Bengaluru where he's going to be attending business events.

“The Maldives is India’s key maritime neighbour in the Indian Ocean Region and holds a distinct place in the prime minister’s vision of ‘SAGAR’ (Security and Growth for All in the Region) and India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’,” the MEA said in an announcement.

In August, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar paid a three-day talk over with to Maldives to rearrange the grounds for Muizzu’s upcoming outing.

“The talk over with of President Muizzu to India after the latest talk over with of the external affairs minister to Maldives is testimony to the importance that India attaches to its relations with the Maldives,” the MEA said.

(With PTI inputs)