President Mohamed Nasheed met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday after the opening ceremony of the sixteenth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit being held in Bhutan.
The heads of state spoke mainly of increasing cooperation in higher education between the two countries.
President Nasheed said the Maldives is facing a shortage of lecturers and sought Indian assistance on the matter.
Prime Minister Singh said India would assist in filling the gap and provide lecturers to the Maldives.
President Nasheed then briefed the Prime Minister on the Maldives’ financial restructuring programme as well as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.
President Nasheed then moved on to business, saying many Indian companies have been expressing interest to invest in the Maldives, and many were already stargin projects. He said this was a great sign of cooperation between the two nations.
They also discussed issues like climate change, defence cooperation and counter-terrorism.
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