US INKS DEFENCE COOPERATION DEAL WITH MALDIVES TO MAINTAIN PEACE IN INDIAN OCEAN

Highlights

• This framework for defence and security relationship was signed on September 10 in Philadelphia between Reed Werner, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, and Mariya Didi, the minister of defence Maldives

• According to the reports, the Maldivian minister of defence Mariya Didi during discussions after signing the agreement said the framework will strengthen defence a....