Months after Indian military personnel left the Maldives, a Maldivian ship has arrived in India for scheduled repairs.
In a sign of bettering ties between the two nations after President Mohamed Muizzu toned down his ‘India Out’ advertising marketing campaign, Maldivian Coast Guard’s ship Huravee has arrived at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard for repairs.
The repairs, estimated to cost $4 million, might be funded by India, in line with ANI.
“The refit, which is the first since the ship was handed over to MNDF in May 2023, will involve routine maintenance work as well as upgrades to extend the ship’s operational life and enhance its capabilities”, acknowledged a press launch by High Commission of India in Maldives, referring to the Maldivian military by its formal title Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).
The willpower for the restore of the ship was launched all through Muizzu’s go to to India all through October 6-10.
The refit and upgrades to the Huravee are anticipated to boost the operational capabilities of the Maldivian Coast Guard, enhancing the Maldives’ maritime security infrastructure, well-known ANI.
Even as India-Maldives bilateral ties had been derailed by Muizzu’s ‘India Out’ platform and his embrace of India’s archrival China, the relations slowly look like warming as Muizzu appears to have realised the restricted scope of relations with China and the truth that you simply cannot antagonise India in South Asia and Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Earlier this 12 months, Muizzu had ordered spherical 90 Indian military personnel to go away the Maldives, who had been there to care for three military airplane gifted by India to the Maldives. The airplane had been gifted for humanitarian and medical evacuations.
