The People’s Majlis on Monday approved for the Maldives to join the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (1968) and the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

48 lawmakers voted in favour of the proposal forwarded by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih back in February.

The matter was reviewed by the committee on foreign relations, who finished their work and forwarded report to parliament floor on June 7.

President Solih made the decision to seek parliamentary approval to join the two conventions following recommendation from his cabinet.

The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic 1968 replaces previous road traffic conventions, with signatory countries recognising and accepting cross border driving licenses and the legality of vehicles from other signatory countries without re-registration, subject to a standard requirement.

The Maldives, however, proposes to join the convention with a reservation in recognising the latter.

The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals is a multilateral treaty seeking to promote road safety through the standardisation of road signs, traffic signals and road markings.

As a party to the convention, the Maldives would standardise road signs, traffic signals and road markings used across the country as per the convention.