The India-Maldives relationship has passed through “tough times”, says Maldivian High Commissioner to India, Ahmed Mohamed, and that after several months of tensions, relations have been restored to “a comfortable plane” with the visit of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for the joint commission meeting on October 10.
In an interview with The Hindu, the High Commissioner referred to events earlier this year, including the sudden cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Male as a part of his Indian Ocean islands tour in March, as “the past.”
“We never gave up on India. Those were tough times, but the relationship now is comfortable, I would say it is at a peak with the joint commission just held, and a visit from PM Modi expected at the earliest.”
The governments are also ready to sign a Mutual Legal Assistance treaty, which was cleared by the Indian Cabinet this week, and New Delhi is one of five countries helping with the investigation into a bomb blast aboard President Yameen’s boat that left his wife with lasting injuries. The MEA has politely ignored the turmoil in the Maldives Cabinet, making no mention about the sacking of the Defence Minister, and raiding of Vice-President Ahmed Adeeb’s house during Ms. Swaraj’s visit.
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