Male: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to address the Maldives Parliament as he visits the atoll nation on June 7-8.
"Maldives Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution to invite PM @narendramodi to address a sitting of the House during his upcoming visit to the Maldives," Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid said in a tweet.
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This will be Modi's first bilateral visit after assuming office for a second term on Thursday.
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who was earlier appointed the Speaker of Parliament, said that President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih invited Modi to deliver an address in the Maldivian Parliament, media reports said.
Modi had earlier visited the Maldives in November 2018 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, after he defeated Abdulla Yameen in the presidential polls.
This was followed by Solih's visit to India in December.
Solih had telephoned Modi after he led the NDA to a resounding electoral victory in the Lok Sabha elections.