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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation on April 20, 2020, with Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives. The two leaders updated each other about the current state of COVID-19 infections in their respective countries. They expressed satisfaction that the coordination modalities agreed between SAARC countries were being implemented actively.
PM Modi was happy to hear that the Indian medical team, deployed earlier to Maldives, and the essential medicine gifted by India, had contributed towards controlling the spread of the infection in the islands. Appreciating the special challenges that the pandemic poses to a tourism-dependent economy like the Maldives, Prime Minister Modi assured the Maldivian President of continued Indian support for minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19, according to a PIB release.
The two leaders agreed that their officials would remain in touch on issues arising out of the present health crisis as well as other aspects of bilateral cooperation.