India-Maldives Conflict: Maldives Foreign Minister arrives in India for the first time after tensions

Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer arrived in India on Wednesday to pay the first bilateral official visit after he assumed charge in the Maldives Foreign Affairs office. The minister, on departing to India, said that he is looking forward to meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussing cooperation between the two countries.

Maldivian Minister shared about his departure on X saying, "Departing to New Delhi on my very



first bilateral official visit. Looking forward to meeting my counterpart Minister of External Affairs, Dr. @DrSJaishankar, and discuss deepening and enhancing cooperation between #Maldives and #India for the mutual benefit of our peoples." This official visit comes amid a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Maldives Foreign Minister will hold a meeting with EAM Jaishankar on Thursday.