Aim To Deepen Longstanding Ties: Maldives Foreign Minister Ahead Of India Visit

This will be the first high-level visit from the Maldivian government since President Mohamed Muizzu assumed office six months ago.

Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer on Wednesday left for India on his "very first bilateral official visit", the maiden high-level visit from Male since bilateral ties came under severe strain after President Mohamed Muizzu, a pro-China leader, assumed office six months ago.

During his visit from May 8 to 10, Mr Zameer will meet Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar and hold discussions on deepening and expanding the longstanding partnership between the Maldives and India, the foreign ministry here said in a statement.

This is Foreign Minister Zameer's first official visit to India since assuming office.