The First Couple of the Maldives has arrived in Beijing, China.
President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed departed to the People’s Republic of China on a state visit on 07 January, 2024.
The state visit is being conducted upon an official invitation from the President of China, Xi Jinping.
President Dr. Muizzu and First Lady Sajidha arrived in Beijing with a high-level delegation on 10 January, Wednesday.
Upon their arrival, the President and First Lady inspected a Guard of Honor accorded to them.
So far, Muizzu has attending the Invest Maldives Forum in Fuzhou, China, and held meetings with senior Chinese business leaders to explore avenues for strengthening socioeconomic relations between the Maldives and China.
The Maldivian leader has undertaken a visit to China at a time relations between India and Maldives have soured once again, over posts on social media platform ‘X’ by deputy ministers close to the president.
While many have been calling on the government to relieve them of their duties, all the government has done so far is suspend the deputy ministers over the racist and Xenophobic comments they made.
