PM Modi gifts bat to Maldives Prez Solih

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a bat signed by the Indian cricket team to the President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih after holding bilateral talks during his first visit to the Maldives after the polls.

Male (Maldives): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will help promote cricket in the Maldives and fulfil President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's mission to develop the sport in the country to consolidate people-to-people relations.

Modi gifted a cricket bat to Solih signed by the Indian cricket team after holding bilateral talks.

India is helping in training Maldivian cricket players and bringing it up to the requisite standard, the External Affairs Ministry said in New Delhi on Thursday.

India is also looking into constructing a stadium in the Island nation which is another request made by it, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said.