Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will visit Maldives from October 16-18, and will meet with the President, opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party leader Ahmed Thasmeen Ali and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ahmed Faiz Hussain.
The Secretary-General is also scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed, Health and Family Minister Dr Aminath Jameel, Minister of Human Resources, Youth and Sport Hassan Latheef, Speaker of the People’s Majlis Abdulla Shahid and the Chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party Mariya Ahmed Didi.
Discussions are expected to focus on capacity-building for socio-economic growth, climate change and other issues faced by small island developing states like Maldives.
“I look forward to further discussions on [the President’s] vision for Maldives and how the Commonwealth can work hand-in-hand with his administration and other stakeholders in Maldives to support national development, including the consolidation of democratic processes, institutions and culture, and in particular, the promotion of the Commonwealth’s Latimer House Principles that define the balance between the three branches of government,” Sharma said.
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