Politics

Chinese President Xi Jinping due to visit Maldives

13 Sep 2014, 1:06 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in the Maldives on an official state visit next week in the first ever trip to the country by a Chinese head of state.
“During his stay in the Maldives, President Xi will be officially ‎meeting President [Abdulla] Yameen one-on-one,” the President’s Office revealed in a statement.
“The two leaders will chair official talks between high-level delegations of the respective countries.‎”
A number of bilateral agreements “on advancing developmental corporation in various identified ‎fields” would be signed during the visit, the President’s Office said.

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