Head of Indian coastguard visits president

The director general of the Indian coastguard visited President
Mohamed Nasheed yesterday.

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra is on a visit to inspect the annual
Maldives-India coastguard exercise which will be held from the 1 to 4
December.

During the meeting, the president said the joint training exercises
were highly useful to the Maldives and thanked the Indian government
for conducting the exercises.

The pair further discussed the threat of pirates in the Indian Ocean
and noted that the joint training programmes would help enhance
bilateral relations that existed between their respective countries.