Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 07, 2024, 10:00 PM
India-Maldives News: Amid the ongoing tension with India, Maldives President Mohammad Muizzu will come to New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi on June 9. He has accepted PM Modi's invitation. India has invited the heads of states of countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bangladesh and Maldives to the swearing-in ceremony under the Neighbourhood First policy. Muizzu has accepted the invitation to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be held in New Delhi over the weekend.News portal 'Edition.MV' gave this information in its news quoting its sister publication 'Mihaaru News'. According to the news, President Muizzu will leave for New Delhi on Saturday for the ceremony along with several other senior government officials. There has been no official confirmation from the Maldives President's Office about Muizzu's first official visit to India yet. Earlier, Muizzu had congratulated Modi on Wednesday. He expressed his desire to work closely with Modi to take bilateral relations forward.This will be the first visit to India after becoming the PresidentThis will be Mo Muizzu's first visit to India after becoming the President of Maldives. However, Muizzu is considered a supporter of China. After becoming the President, he broke tradition and visited China first instead of India. Apart from this, by deciding to remove Indian troops from Maldives, he sowed the seeds of tension with India. However, later his stance started softening. So on the third consecutive victory of BJP and NDA, Muizzu had said on 'X', "Congratulations to Modi, BJP and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for succeeding for the third time in a row in the 2024 general elections." He had said, "I want to work together to advance our common interests for the prosperity and stability of both the countries."