At a signing ceremony in Beijing during President Muizzu's ongoing official visit to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, the Maldives and China exchanged 11 MoUs on "capacity building, economic development, infrastructure, and renewable energy." Planned projects include installing 150 megawatt of solar power with Guosheng Energy and developing a "fisheries and maritime logistic hub" in Addu City with the China Machinery and Engineering Corporation. No details were disclosed. President Muizzu meanwhile met with Li Xi, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, who hosted a banquet in his honour.
The Fuvahmulah airport remained closed since Monday evening after the fire truck stopped working. Operations resumed on Wednesday morning with a fire truck brought over from Addu. The temporary closure caused "major losses" as tourists missed connecting flights or were left stranded at the Malé airport. The Maldives Airports Company Ltd, which recently took over operations of nine domestic airports including Fuvahmulah from the Regional Airports Company Ltd, blamed a lack of maintenance and repairs for the breakdown of the fire truck.
The Elections Commission dissolved former vice president Ahmed Adeeb's Maldives Third-Way Democrats for failing to meet the minimum threshold of 3,000 members needed to remain a registered political party. The EC meanwhile disbursed annual state funding to five parties with more than 10,000 members, including MVR 13.3 million (US$ 862,500) to the ruling PNC and MVR 8.4 million to the opposition MDP. The law mandates the provision of 0.1 percent of annual projected revenue from the state budget at a rate of MVR 193.23 per member.
Plots of 27,920 square feet and 20,720 square feet respectively were designated for the construction of two mosques in Hulhumalé phase two.
