Chief of Defence Force, Major General Abdulla Shamaal, has given a speech at India’s Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).

At the IDSA session on Friday, Defence Chief Shamaal’s speech was on the national security risks of small nations.

Defence Chief Shamaal was accompanied at the session by IDSA Director General Sujan Aruchino, Maldives Naional Defence Force Service Corp’s Commandant Brigadier General Hamid Safeeq, and Planning Policy and Resource Management Director major Hassan Ameer.

Shamaal’s five-day visit to India is on the invitation of Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.