A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak will undertake an official Visit to Sri Lanka from Dec 17 -19 and to Maldives from Dec 19-20 . The Foreign Ministry in a statement here yesterday said the visits were at the invitation of Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and the President of the Republic […]
The Maldives Government has had talks with the opposition in Sri Lanka. Joint opposition Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa tweeted saying he had talks with the Maldives Minister of Tourism and Vice President of the Progressive Party of the Maldives Moosa Zameer and the Maldives Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mohamed H. Shareef. “A great discussion today with #Maldives Minister […]
Vice President Abdulla Jihad has departed to Dubai this morning, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the “Maldives Investment Forum 2017”, scheduled to be held on 18th December 2017 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Vice President is accompanied by Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed. Full details are available at the […]
Minister of Youth and Sports Iruthisham Adam has attended the final match of the President’s Cup 2017 football tournament, as the envoy of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. The match was held on Friday evening at the National Football Stadium. New Radiant Sports Club won the match against TC Sports Club, with a 3 – […]
Maldives and China signed FTA last week. FTA was signed keeping India in dark. India has aired its unhappiness over the pact signed in stealth. Diplomatic script seems to have changed between India and Maldives in two years. Maldives had plunged into a severe water crisis exactly two years ago following a massive fire that […]
The Maldives are strategically located in the Indian Ocean and its value to an adversary of this country is obvious. India’s ties with the Maldives appear to be entering a renewed phase of uncertainty. Its ambassador Akhilesh Mishra has been treated indelicately. Three local government officials who called on him were suspended. The signal appears […]
United Nations — The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has membership drawn from all oceans and regions of […]
It has been a busy winter for the Maldives Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim. Last Wednesday he concluded the One Planet Summit, which marked two years since the Paris Agreement. In November he attended the COP23 Summit. The Maldives is a poster child internationally for its vulnerability to climate change, but its globetrotting and grandstanding has […]
BENGALURU: The eighth edition of Ekuverin, the fortnight-long Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, will begin in Belagavi on Friday. The previous edition of the annual bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and Maldives National Defence Force was held at Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll, the Maldives in December 2016. “Ekuverin means friends in Maldivian language, and the focus […]