India, Maldives able to develop close cooperation at all levels: MoS

India and the Maldives have been able to develop deep and close cooperation at all levels including political, administrative, entrepreneurial and people-to-people ties apart from their strong development partnership, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Sunday.

Muraleedharan, who is in the Maldives on a two-day official visit, said his trip has been highly productive and he was reassured that the bilateral relationship will continue to grow.

"I had very engaging and fruitful conversations today with Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. We discussed topics ranging across the whole partnership spectrum. We were happy with the rapid all-round progress in our bilateral partnership and close coordination on regional and international issues, the minister said.

He said the bilateral relationship has achieved huge progress in the last few years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

"India and the Maldives have been