Top Indian diplomat to visit the Maldives
Indian External Affairs Minister Shushma Swaraj is scheduled to arrive in the Maldives on October 10 for a two-day visit, The Maldives Independent understands.
05 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Indian External Affairs Minister Shushma Swaraj is scheduled to arrive in the Maldives on October 10 for a two-day visit, The Maldives Independent understands.
Swaraj is the highest-ranking Indian official to visit the Maldives since the political crisis triggered in February by the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed on a terrorism charge.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dropped the Maldives from his Indian Ocean tour in March.
India’s Telegraph on Saturday reported Modi “is rushing” Swaraj to the Maldives “amid growing worries over China’s influence.”
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