President departs on second unofficial trip abroad this month
27 ޖުލައި 2021 | އަންގާރަ 07:22This is the president's third unofficial visit abroad since June
(File photo) President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih departed tp Dubai on Tuesday
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has departed to the United Arab Emirates on an unofficial trip.
While the president left to Dubai on Tuesday, President's Office said he will conclude the trip and return to Male' on Saturday.
No further details have been disclosed including whether First Lady Fazna Ahmed accompanied the president on the trip.
This is the president's third unofficial visit abroad since June, and the second one to Dubai.
The first couple traveled to Dubai on June 4, following the death of the president’s younger brother. Ahmed Mohamed Solih, 57, passed away while undergoing cancer treatment in the Middle Eastern nation.
Solih and Fazna also traveled to neighboring Sri Lanka last week, and had returned to Male' on Friday.
During this personal visit, President Solih met with the country's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
