356 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Maldives Abdulla Shahid during a meeting, in New Delhi. PTI
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 16
Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday, their eighth meeting since November 2018 when a new government under President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih took office in Maldives.
This visit took place on the heels of Jaishankar’s visit to the Maldives in February this year.
Both ministers exchanged views on international organisations, including UN, Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), the Commonwealth and SAARC, besides regional and international issues and avenues of Indian assistance in combating the pandemic in the Maldives, said sources.
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Mohammed Bin Salman during a welcome ceremony in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP
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