New Delhi, May 28 -- Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Khaleel, expressed "firm support" to India in tackling terrorism in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack in a high-level core group meeting in New Delhi this week. Maldives is a key maritime neighbor of India.

Khaleel was in India to oversee progress in the implementation of the India-Maldives Vision Document on Comprehensive Economic and Maritime Security Partnership. During the meeting, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, discussions focused on the "implementation of the two nations' joint vision by intensifying political exchanges, defence and security cooperation, development partnership, trade, economy, health and people-to-people linkages."

Khaleel also strongly...