Responding to a plea made by the Maldives President Solih for financial assistance to overcome economic crisis, India on Saturday has provided US$ 250 million. This budgetary assistance from India was handed over by High Commissioner Sunjay Sudhir and CEO, SBI, Male Bharat Mishra to Finance Minister Ibrahim Ameer, in the presence of Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid.
Apart from this, India came to the rescue of the island nation previously in March when it dispatched a team of doctors and specialists who assisted the local authorities in the in COVID-preparedness. Subsequently, it India dispatched a consignment of 5.5 tons of essential medicines in April, and then in May another round of consignment was sent off to the capital of that country. It is also estimated that around 500 Maldivians patients in eight different batches have travelled to India for treatment.
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