New Delhi, July 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming state visit to the Maldives marks a "hard-won understanding" between the two nations following a brief period of strained ties, stated former diplomat Mahesh Sachdev on Tuesday.

Speaking to ANI ahead of the PM's visit to the island nation at the invitation of President Mohamed Muizzu, Sachdev stated that the Prime Minister's visit, as the guest of honour for the Maldives' 60th anniversary of independence and the 60th anniversary of bilateral ties, comes at a pivotal moment, "with a hard-won understanding and with a reset of bilateral ties to where they were always there, but for a small patch of misunderstanding during the past two years."

He reflected on the strengthening of...