A Maldives' President absence in SIDS conference for 30 years is a misfortune: Thoriq

Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy, Thoriq Ibrahim, expressed concern over the absence of a Maldives' President at any International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the past 30 years, describing it as a significant loss for the country.

At the the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) held in Antigua and Barbuda set to conclude today, President Dr Mohamed Muizzu had personally led the Maldivian delegation and delivered eight addresses, presided over several forums and arranged multiple meetings with foreign dignitaries. The President himself had steered all meetings and deliberations of the conference organized every every ten years to strengthen partnerships and arrange sustainable development solutions for SIDS.