MALE/NEW DELHI: India and Maldives are excellent neighbours and strong partners, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday as he underlined that the 2 countries also together have the duty for peace and security in the region.India and the Maldives signed three MoUs and India also handed over two sea ambulances to the Maldives throughout Jaishankars ongoing see to the archipelago.Jaishankar made the remarks after a efficient conference with his Maldivian equivalent Abdulla Shahid during which they discussed the complete spectrum of unique bilateral collaboration with a focus on development cooperation, capacity structure and people-to-people ties.

He stated the jobs India was dealing with were transparent and owned by the host nation.

We are excellent neighbours.

We are strong partners.

We have actually mutually bought advancement and progress.

We likewise together have an obligation for peace and security in the area, the minister said in a joint press appearance along with Shahid.He said the security partnership in between the two countries likewise continues to reinforce which is the way it need to be.

Again here, India is constantly ready to fulfill the requirements and the requirements of the Maldives both for itself and for the bigger region, he added.A variety of considerable memorandums of understanding were exchanged in between Maldives and India in various fields, broadening the cooperation in between the 2 countries.One of the MoUs was on extra grant help of 100 million Rufiyaa for the High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) scheme.

A variety of socio-economic development tasks are planned to be implemented throughout the country under this funding.Others consisted of the development of a sports complex in Gahdhoo and scholastic cooperation in between Maldives National University and Cochin University of Science and Technology.