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NEW DELHI: Exterior Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar, is visiting India’s maritime neighbours – the Maldives and Sri Lanka – within the subsequent two days.
He has left for the Maldives lately and will likely be in Addu town until the next day to come. Dr Jaishankar will name on Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and dangle discussions with the Minister of International Affairs Abdulla Shahid.
“EAMs talk over with will see the signing of a number of agreements associated with the bilateral construction cooperation, inauguration/delivering and release of various key tasks (supported by means of India) that might give a contribution to the socio-economic construction of the Maldives and toughen its safety,” in step with Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
On Monday, Dr Jaishankar will likely be in Sri Lanka the place he’ll have interactions along with his counterpart Prof G L Peiris. The focal point will likely be on India’s neighbourhood first coverage.
Jaishankar will even attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Financial Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Colombo.
Each Maldives and Sri Lanka are India’s key maritime neighbours within the Indian Ocean Area and occupy a different position within the High Minister’s imaginative and prescient of ‘SAGAR’ and Neighbourhood First.
