Maldives, India sign defence action plan
“It is clear that the contours of India-Maldives relations are defined by our shared strategic, security, economic and developmental goals. The prompt implementation of a concrete action plan in the defence sector will strengthen our defence cooperation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a joint press conference with President Abdulla Yameen yesterday.
12 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
The Maldives and India signed Monday a defence action plan and other bilateral agreements for cooperation in the fields of tourism and taxation.
“We are conscious of the security needs of the Maldives; President [Abdulla] Yameen agreed that the Maldives will be sensitive to our strategic and security interests,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a joint press conference after official talks with the visiting Maldives president in New Delhi yesterday.
“It is clear that the contours of India-Maldives relations are defined by our shared strategic, security, economic and developmental goals. The prompt implementation of a concrete action plan in the defence sector will strengthen our defence cooperation.”
Yameen’s two-day official visit to India – which concluded last night – came amidst a lobbying effort by his administration to avoid “punitive action” from the Commonwealth over the widely condemned jailing of opposition leaders.
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