PM Narendra Modi to visit Sri Lanka, Maldives in early June: Ministry of External Affairs
PM Modi arrives in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a state visit to the Republic of Maldives and Sri Lanka on June 8 and 9, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) has announced. This will be his first foreign visit in his second term.
The MEA in a release said, "visits to the Maldives and Sri Lanka will demonstrate the priority India attaches to its ‘Neighbourhood-First Policy’ and the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) Doctrine."
Under the SAGAR doctrine, India has been focusing on regional collaboration while under neighbourhood first policy, New Delhi has accorded priority to its relations with neighbouring countries.
During his Maldives visit, PM Modi will meet Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih andother political leaders of the country.
The release said, "visit is reflective of the new momentum in high-level exchanges between India and Maldives."
During the visit, the PM Modi will address the Maldivian Parliament.
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Last 6 months have seen a number of high-level visits between India and Maldives. PM Modi had visited the Indian Ocean island country during the oath-taking ceremony of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. This visit was followed by visits by Maldivian foreign minister Abdulla Shahid & President Solih.
In March of this year Sushma Swaraj, in her capacity as the minister of external affairs under the Modi Govt's first term visited the country in which India announced 100 million rufiyaa grant.
While coming back from the Maldives, he will visit Sri Lanka on 9th.
During the first term of his govt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Island country twice, first in 2015 and then in 2017 when he was the Chief Guest at the International Day of Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was in India last week for the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhawan & had a bilateral with PM later.
Bhutan was the first foreign country PM Modi visited in his 1st term after taking charge in 2014. During that visit, he addressed the joint session of Parliament.