Foreign Ministry says Minister Abdullah Shahid has today departed to India on an official visit to participate in the India Today Conclave-South.
It said that the Minister will be speaking at a session titled, “NEIGHBOURHOOD NAVIGATION: The Common Water: Old Ties, New Strategies”.
It also said that he will be joined at the session by Minister of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena (joining virtually) and Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways & Former Minister of State for External Affairs of India General Vijay Kumar Singh.
The India Today Conclave-South, which started in January 2017 explores the socio-economic potential of the south of India and the role it plays in India’s overall progress as a nation.
The fourth edition of India Today Conclave-South to be held in Chennai will gather a number of speakers, who will be offering their perspectives and helping to make sense of the fast-changing socio-political developments in the region.
Meanwhile, the government announced yesterday that President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is set to embark on official trips to two countries later this month.
Presidential spokesperson Mohamed Mabrook Azeez said that the President will depart to Qatar on 14 March, on an official visit to mark the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
He also said that President Solih would make a trip to Bangladesh on the 17th for a state visit to commemorate the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
