Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), ‎Mr. Muhammad Sami Saeed has paid a courtesy call on President ‎Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. The meeting was held this morning at ‎the President’s Office.‎

Discussions at the meeting centered on the ADB funded ‎development programmes in the Maldives, as well as increasing ADB’s ‎assistance to the Maldives. The President also expressed his gratitude ‎for the contributions made, and the support received, from ADB ‎towards the development of the Maldives.‎

Mr. Saeed commended the Government on its dynamic ‎economic reform agenda, and stated that ADB was committed to ‎supporting the Maldives in its national progress. ‎

President Yameen was joined at the call by the Minister of ‎Finance and Treasury, Mr. Abdullah Jihad. ‎