The governments of Maldives and China have held the Second Joint Meeting of the Tripartite Coordinating Mechanism.

The Second Joint Meeting of the Tripartite Coordinating Mechanism between the Maldivian government and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, and Chinese enterprise in the Maldives was held virtually, on Thursday.

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Khaleel delivered the opening remarks during the virtual ceremony.

As such, in his remarks the state minister shed light on the significance of China as a close bilateral partner of the Maldivian government and went on to express gratitude to the Chinese Government and the Chinese enterprises for their generous assistance and for their close cooperation with the government of Maldives over the years.

Khaleel also extended gratitude to the Ambassador of China to the Maldives, Wang Lixin for her commitment to further strengthen the partnership between the two countries.

Ambassador Lixin, who also joined the ceremony, expressed gratitude to the Maldivian government for the support that the government has been continuing to extend to Chinese enterprises in the country.

She also noted that she looks forward to future collaboration in a number of new areas.

The meeting saw presentations delivered on the investment and trade opportunities in the Maldives, specifically revolving around tourism and maricultural investment opportunities.

The presentations were carried out by the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture.

Established to strengthen coordination and cooperation to address security concerns as well as to ensure the smooth and well-organized implementation of Chinese projects in the country, the first Joint meeting of the Tripartite Coordinating Mechanism was held on 6 September 2018.