Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Diplomatist July 19 Edition . | Page 2

VISITOR'S BOOK FOREIGN MINISTER OF UAE CALLS ON PM MODI H is Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates paid an offi cial visit to India from July 7-9, 2019. During the visit, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah met with the External Aff airs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar on 8 July, 2019, who hosted a dinner in his honour. The UAE Foreign Minister also called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 9 July 2019. In talks between EAM and H.H. Sheikh Abdullah, bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest were discussed. The visit of the Foreign Minister of the UAE provided an opportunity to both sides to constructively build on the vision of the comprehensive strategic partnership and to broaden cooperation in various sectors of bilateral relations. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan meeting the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on July 09, 2019. VISIT OF INDIAN PRIME MINISTER TO MALDIVES P Prime Minister meets Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of Maldives in Male (June 08, 2019) rime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, was on a State Visit to the Maldives from 8 to 9 June 2019, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Maldives H.E. Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. This was PM Modi’s fi rst overseas visit after taking oath of offi ce for a second term, on 30 May 2019. After a ceremonial welcome in Malé, President Solih and PM Modi held one-on-one talks followed by delegation level talks on 8 June 2019 in a warm, cordial and friendly atmosphere. The two leaders reiterated their strong commitment to further strengthening and invigorating the traditionally strong and friendly relations between India and the Maldives, nurtured by geographical contiguity, ethnic, historical, socio-economic and cultural ties between the peoples of the two countries. They also reiterated an abiding faith in, and commitment to democracy, development and peaceful co-existence. President Solih expressed, on behalf of the people of Maldives, his deep appreciation at the friendly and special gesture demonstrated by PM Modi in choosing Maldives as his fi rst overseas destination during his second term in offi ce.