Maldives President Tones Down Rhetoric On India, Agrees On Joint Committee

PM Narendra Modi met Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu for the first time in Dubai on the margins of COP28 meet and agreed to set up a high-level joint committee. This comes in the backdrop of Muizzu facing internal political issues and potential rift with ex-President Yameen, a vocal anti-India proponent.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with President of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu during the COP28, in UAE, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. ( Image Source :PTI )

India-Maldives Ties: After heightened tensions between both countries ever since a new dispensation has come to power in Malé, India and Maldives have decided to sort out the “irritants” in the bilateral relationship by agreeing to setting up a high-level committee that will seek to “stabilise” the ties, ABPLIVE has learnt. The decision to establish the high-level joint committee was taken during the first meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and