{"id":12567,"date":"2025-07-25T06:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=12567"},"modified":"2025-07-25T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:06:44","slug":"pm-modi-receives-grand-welcome-in-maldives-to-attend-60th-independence-day-as-guest-of-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/pm-modi-receives-grand-welcome-in-maldives-to-attend-60th-independence-day-as-guest-of-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Receives Grand Welcome in Maldives, to Attend 60th Independence Day as Guest of Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Male, July 25 (SHABD):<\/strong> Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Male on Friday, marking the beginning of his two-day State Visit to the Maldives. He was warmly received at Velana International Airport by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohamed_Muizzu#:~:text=Mohamed%20Muizzu%20assumed%20office%20as,and%20the%20sixth%20from%20Mal\u00e9.\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohamed_Muizzu#:~:text=Mohamed%20Muizzu%20assumed%20office%20as,and%20the%20sixth%20from%20Mal\u00e9.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu<\/a><\/strong>, in a gesture reflecting the long-standing and cordial ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of Indian diaspora members turned out to greet the Prime Minister, waving Indian flags and chanting slogans of support. Their enthusiastic welcome showcased the strong people-to-people bonds that have long connected India and the Maldives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"12568\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-771x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12568\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-771x1024.avif 771w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-226x300.avif 226w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-768x1021.avif 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-1156x1536.avif 1156w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-860x1143.avif 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-760x1010.avif 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq-150x199.avif 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrloxlXUAAFmtq.avif 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"12569\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-678x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12569\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-678x1024.avif 678w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-199x300.avif 199w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-768x1159.avif 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-1018x1536.avif 1018w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-860x1298.avif 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-760x1147.avif 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w-150x226.avif 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwrlpgtXEAE6Z7w.avif 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is <strong>Prime Minister Modi\u2019s third visit to the Maldives<\/strong> and the first by any foreign Head of Government under President Muizzu\u2019s leadership. His visit comes at the invitation of the Maldivian President and signifies a continued commitment to strengthening bilateral relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/prime-minister-narendra-modi-participates-in-jhumoir-binandini-programme-in-guwahati-assam\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/prime-minister-narendra-modi-participates-in-jhumoir-binandini-programme-in-guwahati-assam\/\">PM Modi will attend <\/a>the Maldives\u2019 60th Independence Day celebrations as the Guest of Honour. His presence at the milestone event highlights India\u2019s \u2018Neighbourhood First\u2019 policy and the regional maritime vision of cooperation under \u2018Vision MAHASAGAR.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, both sides are expected to explore greater collaboration in areas such as defence, maritime security, trade, and sustainable development. The visit is also anticipated to reaffirm the strategic partnership and shared future of the two Indian Ocean neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India and the Maldives have historically maintained strong diplomatic and security ties, and this visit aims to deepen mutual trust and reinforce regional stability through closer cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male, July 25 (SHABD): Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Male on Friday, marking the beginning of his two-day State Visit to the Maldives. He was warmly received at Velana International Airport by Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, in a gesture reflecting the long-standing and cordial ties between the two countries. Hundreds of Indian diaspora [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":12570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[2173,396],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-12567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-maldivian-president-dr-mohamed-muizzu","9":"tag-pm-modi"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12571,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12567\/revisions\/12571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12567"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}