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Posted on February 22nd, 2021
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India is the main supplier of COVID-19 vaccines and has recently gifted 5 lakh doses of Covishield to Sri Lanka.
ri Lanka has cancelled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s planned speech in Parliament in an apparent bid to avoid clash with India. The Colombo government cannot risk its relations with India as it faces the Chinese debt-trap. India is also the main supplier of COVID-19 vaccines and has recently gifted 5 lakh doses of Covishield to Sri Lanka.
According to a report titled ‘Sri Lanka avoids clash with India by cancelling Khan’s Parliament speech’ by Dar Javed published in Colombo Gazette, the speech was cancelled to prevent souring of relations with India.
India and the Maldives yesterday signed a $50 million defence Line of Credit (LoC) agreement to boost maritime capabilities of the strategically-located Indian Ocean island nation. The signing of the agreement took place after Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with several Maldivian ministers including its Defence Minister Mariya Didi.
India, Maldives sign pact on development of Coast Guard Harbour The pact was signed during Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar s two-day Maldives visit. EAM Jaishankar, Maldives Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi sign pact. (Image: MEA)
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Updated: Feb 21, 2021, 11:10 PM IST
India will be developing a Maldives National Defence Force Coast Guard Harbour at Sifvaru Uthuru Thilafalhu(UTF), the pact for which was signed on Sunday. The pact was signed during Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar s two-day Maldives visit.
EAM in a tweet said, Glad to sign with Defence Minister Mariya Didi the UTF Harbour Project agreement. Will strengthen Maldivian Coast Guard capability and facilitate regional HADR efforts. Partners in development, partners in security.