INDIA MALDIVES

Maldives & Bhutan will be first recipients of India's vaccine gift

Right from the start of the COVID pandemic, India has worked very closely with the Maldives in dealing with the pandemic. Among all neighbo...

Maldives' first foreign funded project of 2021 backed by India inaugurated

It is the 1st India-funded grant project to be inaugurated in 2021 and overall, the 8th Indian grant project in the Maldives to be complete...

United States unveils plan to counter China’s rise from India to Taiwan

“Beijing is increasingly pressuring Indo-Pacific nations to subordinate their freedom and sovereignty to a ‘common destiny’ envisioned by t...

A strong India would act as 'counterbalance' to China: Declassified White House document

“India's preferred partner on security issues is the United States. The two cooperate to preserve maritime security and counter Chinese inf...

Neighbourhood first: India makes urgent supply of BCG vaccines to Maldives

The Ministry of Health and Ministry of External Affairs procured the vaccine and coordinated its dispatch with the help of the High Commiss...

India, Sri Lanka and Maldives agree to bolster maritime security cooperation

According to a joint statement issued by Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence, the three countries -- recognising the significance of the forum ...

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval participates in trilateral maritime meeting in Lanka

The high-level trilateral meeting is designed to initiate collective action on maritime security including maritime domain awareness, legal...

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval holds bilateral talks with Maldivian Defence Minister

The high-level engagement that covers a wide range of subjects is designed to initiate collective action on maritime security including mar...

NSA Doval calls on Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa, discusses bilateral ties with defence secretary

The high-level engagement that covers a wide range of subjects is designed to initiate collective action on maritime security including mar...

India-Lanka-Maldives revive NSA level dialogue six years since last meet

Maj Gen (Retd). Kamal Gunaratne is hosting National Security Adviser Ajit Doval in Colombo for the 4th NSA Level Meeting on Trilateral Mari...

Japan signs pact with Maldives, announces $7.6 million support for security infrastructure

The Maldives and Japan on Sunday signed the Exchange of Notes under the Economic and Social Development Programme of the Government of Japa...

India, Maldives sign slew of pacts as Delhi expands strategic footprints in Southern Indian Ocean

The MoUs were signed during the ongoing visit of Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla to Male.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Sri Lanka and Maldives as China threat looms

Pompeo will hold two-way talks in Colombo on Oct. 28, a spokesman for Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said, but gave no details. Two people fa...

Watch: India's Dornier aircraft lands in Maldives

The Dornier aircraft provided by the Indian Navy to the Maldives landed in the country on September 29. Aircraft will operate under the com...

India provides Dornier aircraft to Maldives in sync with growing strategic ties

The requirement for the Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft was raised by the then Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen during a visit to ...

Expanding strategic cooperation: India provides aircraft to Maldives defence forces

The requirement for a Dornier Maritime Surveillance aircraft was raised during the Visit of Former President Yameen to India in 2016. Maldi...

India extends no-strings attached financial assistance of $ 250 million to Maldives

The $ 250 million budgetary support was a response to the request made by President Solih to PM Modi for financial assistance to overcome t...