Shahid, while talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Maldives on July 25-26, said that the rise in aid from India shows its maturity and generosity.
India has extended budgetary support to the Maldives government in the form of a rollover of the USD 50 million Treasury Bill for another year on the Maldivian government's request.
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) President Abdulla Shahid met with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar during his visit to Male on Saturday, expressing confidence that India will always be the first to assist the Maldives in times of need.
In a post on X, Abdulla Shahid said, "Honoured to accompany my beloved mother to exercise our democratic right to the vote. I urge everyone to come out early and cast your vote. Make your voices heard! Have a say in determining your representative! Participate!"
Former Maldivian minister of foreign affairs, Abdulla Shahid, condemned the intimidation of opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Chairperson Fayyaz Ismail by summoning him to be questioned on "baseless allegations" on Thursday.
The former Maldivian minister of foreign affairs, Abdulla Shahid, said on Saturday that the claims made by Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu about "thousands of Indian military personnel" were just another in a string of lies, adding that there are no armed foreign soldiers stationed in
Amid the firestorm of protests around a deputy minister's derogatory reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid said the objectionable remarks against the former and fellow Indian natives on social media are 'reprehensible' and 'odious'.
As Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the moon, Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Wednesday congratulated India for the feat and said that history has been created.
Secretary (West) Ministry of External Affairs, Sanjay Verma called on the Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid and discussed on enhancing the partnership between the two nations in fight against terrorism.