As part of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s current visit to the United Arab Emirates, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Maldives and the UAE, on establishing a Joint Cooperation Committee.

The MoU was signed by the Maldives’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid, and his UAE counterpart Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

President Solih is making the visit to UAE at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of Armed Forces of the UAE, to attend the Zayed Sustainability Awards Ceremony and the Inauguration of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.