Minister Shahid meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar, Djacoba A. S. Oliva Tehindrazanarivelo, through a video conference call held this morning.
During the meeting, Minister Shahid and Minister Tehindrazanarivelo discussed ways to strengthen bilateral partnership and developing close and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries, including tourism and maritime security. As sister nations in the Indian ocean, both Ministers reflected on the challenges including environmental protection and climate change faced by islands nations such as the Maldives and Madagascar and reaffirmed their commitment to enhance collaboration at the multilateral fora to address issues of mutual importance.
Minister Shahid and Minister Tehindrazanarivelo shared perspectives on the situation the covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the respective governments, including vaccination to deal with the unprecedented global health emergency.