Amid Strained Ties, India Plans Grand Welcome For Maldives President

New Delhi:

New Delhi is preparing a expansive invited for each the South Asian leaders who volition be Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremonial connected Sunday. PM Modi volition instrumentality oath for a grounds 3rd word connected Sunday, and respective heads of authorities volition be the ceremony, including Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu.

Relations betwixt India and Maldives person deteriorated since Muizzu assumed bureau successful November past year. During his predetermination campaign, helium often criticised India and demanded a implicit withdrawal of Indian subject personnel.

All Indian equipped forces person near the federation and person present been replaced by civilians.

But India extended an olive subdivision inviting him to the swearing-in ceremonial of PM Modi. President Muizzu expressed his gratitude to PM Modi for the invitation, adding that helium would beryllium honoured to be this historical event.

"He besides stated that helium looks guardant to moving with the Prime Minister to further fortify the adjacent relations with India, noting that Maldives-India relations are heading successful the affirmative direction, arsenic would beryllium demonstrated by this visit," the authoritative merchandise said.

This volition people the pro-China president's archetypal authoritative sojourn to India since assuming bureau connected November 17 past year. Unlike his predecessors, who made the archetypal larboard of telephone to New Delhi aft assuming office, Muizzu had travelled to Turkey archetypal and to China for his archetypal authorities sojourn successful January.

Ahead of his accomplishment successful Delhi, a immense banner has been enactment up extracurricular the Foreign Ministry which features some PM Modi and Muizzu.

Posters of PM Modi with different Asian leaders attending the lawsuit person besides been enactment up crossed Delhi. The swearing-in ceremonial is expected to witnesser the beingness of leaders from neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius, and Seychelles, successful summation to the Maldives, arsenic portion of India's ‘Neighbourhood First' policy.