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India to hand over tourism faculty, landing craft to Maldives
High commissioner Rajeev Shahare told Haveeru that Khurshid's visit on Tuesday would be an important opportunity to carry forward the matters agreed upon during President Abdulla Yameen's visit to India in January. The visit would also help strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries, he added.
The Indian-built tourism faculty would be handed over to the Maldives national university and the naval landing craft to the Maldivian army, at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday.
Shahare noted that Khurshid would meet President Yameen, foreign minister Dunya Maumoon and other top level government officials, and hold official talks. He would also attend the 25th session of the SAARC Council of Ministers to be held on Thursday, the high commissioner said.
India had an uneasy relationship with Male after the toppling of former President Mohamed Nasheed who once took refuge at the Indian high commission in Male to avoid arrest.
The previous government's decision in 2012 to prematurely terminate the contract with India's GMR Group and expropriate the airport had sparked a diplomatic row with India which had threatened the long-standing relations between the two countries.
Shortly after the termination of the GMR contract, India had tightened the free on arrival visa granted to Maldivians by warning that Maldivians travelling to India for purposes other than tourism on a tourist visa could face deportation.
But India was swift to congratulate Progressive Party of Maldives' (PPM) Yameen after he won the presidential runoff in November, and said it looks forward to cooperating with him and his government.
After President Yameen's visit to India in January, India has lifted the restrictions on visa and construction aggregate import.
HaveeruOnline - India to hand over tourism faculty, landing craft to Maldives
- Indian high commissioner to the Maldives Rajeev Shahare: He says that the visit of Indian external affairs minister Salman Khurshid this week will strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries. HAVEERU PHOTO NASRULLA SOLIH
High commissioner Rajeev Shahare told Haveeru that Khurshid's visit on Tuesday would be an important opportunity to carry forward the matters agreed upon during President Abdulla Yameen's visit to India in January. The visit would also help strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries, he added.
The Indian-built tourism faculty would be handed over to the Maldives national university and the naval landing craft to the Maldivian army, at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday.
Shahare noted that Khurshid would meet President Yameen, foreign minister Dunya Maumoon and other top level government officials, and hold official talks. He would also attend the 25th session of the SAARC Council of Ministers to be held on Thursday, the high commissioner said.
India had an uneasy relationship with Male after the toppling of former President Mohamed Nasheed who once took refuge at the Indian high commission in Male to avoid arrest.
The previous government's decision in 2012 to prematurely terminate the contract with India's GMR Group and expropriate the airport had sparked a diplomatic row with India which had threatened the long-standing relations between the two countries.
Shortly after the termination of the GMR contract, India had tightened the free on arrival visa granted to Maldivians by warning that Maldivians travelling to India for purposes other than tourism on a tourist visa could face deportation.
But India was swift to congratulate Progressive Party of Maldives' (PPM) Yameen after he won the presidential runoff in November, and said it looks forward to cooperating with him and his government.
After President Yameen's visit to India in January, India has lifted the restrictions on visa and construction aggregate import.
HaveeruOnline - India to hand over tourism faculty, landing craft to Maldives
