Colombo: Maldives Foreign Affairs Minister Moosa Zameer met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene and other senior leaders and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and people-to-people contacts, media reports said. Said on Thursday.
Zameer is the first Maldivian minister to visit Sri Lanka after the election of Mohammed Muizzu as President of the archipelagic nation in September last year.
Zameer, who is on a three-day visit to Colombo, met Wickremesinghe on Wednesday evening and Gunawardene on Thursday morning.
“It was an honor to meet Sri Lankan Prime Minister @DCRGunwardena today. We discussed our long-term ties of friendship and cooperation and ways to further enhance our relations and people-to-people contacts,” he posted on Instagram after the meeting.#Maldives and #SriLanka share a historic and close relationship, which we are strongly committed to further strengthening. I thanked the Prime Minister for his continued support for the socio-economic development of Maldives,” he further said.
After meeting President Wickremesinghe, Zameer posted on Instagram, “Honored to meet the President of #SriLanka, @RW_UNP. I expressed my appreciation for Sri Lanka's continued support and cooperation for the socio-economic development of #Maldives. I reaffirmed our commitment to deepen our bilateral relations through mutually beneficial cooperation.Zameer also met Namal Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament from Hambantota, whom he called a "long-term friend of the Maldives" and said in a post on “The close ties between India and #SriLanka will further grow in the years to come.”
Rajapaksa responded with a post on X: “I was very pleased to meet Minister Zameer during his visit to Sri Lanka. We discussed further strengthening the long-standing relations between the two countries. It is hoped that both the countries will further strengthen their relations in various fields.,
Earlier on Wednesday, Lankan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said in a statement, "The bilateral talks were successfully concluded with a shared resolve to cooperate for mutually beneficial purposes while reaffirming positive diplomatic relations."
Zameer also met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabri, who requested his Maldivian counterpart to lift the outbound remittance restrictions imposed on Lankan migrant workers in the Maldives, where a large number of Sri Lankans are employed.
Maldivian news portal Edition.mv reported on Thursday that the two ministers discussed mutual cooperation in monitoring each country's exclusive economic zone as both countries are heavily dependent on the fishing industry.
"Additionally, the two ministers discussed continued cooperation in the defense and security sectors, with additional training opportunities to be facilitated for the respective institutions of both countries," the portal said. From climate change and its effects.,
It said the two countries also called for an increased focus on protecting human rights and ending terrorism and extremism, illicit drugs and human trafficking.
Zameer is the first Maldivian minister to visit Sri Lanka after the election of Mohammed Muizzu as President of the archipelagic nation in September last year.
Zameer, who is on a three-day visit to Colombo, met Wickremesinghe on Wednesday evening and Gunawardene on Thursday morning.
“It was an honor to meet Sri Lankan Prime Minister @DCRGunwardena today. We discussed our long-term ties of friendship and cooperation and ways to further enhance our relations and people-to-people contacts,” he posted on Instagram after the meeting.#Maldives and #SriLanka share a historic and close relationship, which we are strongly committed to further strengthening. I thanked the Prime Minister for his continued support for the socio-economic development of Maldives,” he further said.
After meeting President Wickremesinghe, Zameer posted on Instagram, “Honored to meet the President of #SriLanka, @RW_UNP. I expressed my appreciation for Sri Lanka's continued support and cooperation for the socio-economic development of #Maldives. I reaffirmed our commitment to deepen our bilateral relations through mutually beneficial cooperation.Zameer also met Namal Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament from Hambantota, whom he called a "long-term friend of the Maldives" and said in a post on “The close ties between India and #SriLanka will further grow in the years to come.”
Rajapaksa responded with a post on X: “I was very pleased to meet Minister Zameer during his visit to Sri Lanka. We discussed further strengthening the long-standing relations between the two countries. It is hoped that both the countries will further strengthen their relations in various fields.,
Earlier on Wednesday, Lankan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said in a statement, "The bilateral talks were successfully concluded with a shared resolve to cooperate for mutually beneficial purposes while reaffirming positive diplomatic relations."
Zameer also met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabri, who requested his Maldivian counterpart to lift the outbound remittance restrictions imposed on Lankan migrant workers in the Maldives, where a large number of Sri Lankans are employed.
Maldivian news portal Edition.mv reported on Thursday that the two ministers discussed mutual cooperation in monitoring each country's exclusive economic zone as both countries are heavily dependent on the fishing industry.
"Additionally, the two ministers discussed continued cooperation in the defense and security sectors, with additional training opportunities to be facilitated for the respective institutions of both countries," the portal said. From climate change and its effects.,
It said the two countries also called for an increased focus on protecting human rights and ending terrorism and extremism, illicit drugs and human trafficking.
