Male, April 28 -- The Commanding Officer of INS Kochi, an Indian naval ship, on Monday, paid a courtesy call on senior defence officials of the Maldives in Male.

He met with Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Chief Maj Gen Ibrahim Hilmy, Vice Chief of Defence Force (VCDF) Brig Gen Ahmed Ghiyas, and Commandant Coast Guard, Brig Gen Mohamed Saleem.

"Commanding Officer of INS Kochi paid a courtesy call on MNDF Chief of Defence Force Maj Gen Ibrahim Hilmy, VCDF Brig Gen Ahmed Ghiyas and Commandant Coast Guard, Brig Gen Mohamed Saleem," the Indian High Commission in Maldives wrote on X.

Earlier in the day, the Indian Navy's Destroyer INS Kochi reached Male, accompanying Maldives CGS Huravee upon completion of refit in India.

This visit...