The Maldives To Open Embassy In Russia - Foreign Minister

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The Maldives to Open Embassy in Russia - Foreign Minister

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 25th June, 2019) The Maldives will open an embassy in Russia, in a move which will be a "significant milestone" in relations between two nations, Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid said on Tuesday.

"Now we have decided to establish an embassy of [the Maldives] in Russia.

This will be a significant milestone in [Russian-Maldives] relationship," Shahid said following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Currently, the interests of the Maldives, a tropical country in the Indian Ocean, in Russia are represented by the Sri Lankan embassy in Moscow.

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