External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held a “very good meeting” with the Maldivian Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon and discussed bilateral security cooperation and the “shared interest” in maintaining peace and stability in the region.
Jaishankar is on a three-day official visit to Maldives to reset the bilateral relationship, the first high-level trip from India after the archipelago nation’s pro-China president, Mohamed Muizzu, assumed office last year.
On his second day here, he met Defence Minister Maumoon.
“A very good meeting with Defence Minister @mgmaumoon. Discussed defence and security cooperation, joint initiatives for maritime security and our shared interest in maintaining peace and stability in the region,” Jaishankar said in a post on X.