Maldives-India agreement: Replace military personnel with civil personnel

Maldives and India have agreed that India will recall the military personnel currently stationed in Maldives to work on the operation of the military aircrafts gifted to Maldives by India. In their place, India will be sending civil personnel who can carry out the same duties.

This agreement was reached at the second meeting of the High Level Core Group held on Friday in New Delhi. The High Level Core Group is a committee consisting of senior delegates from both Maldives and India, formed based on discussions held between President Dr Mohamed Muizzu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they met on the sidelines of the COP summit held in Dubai earlier.