Recently Maldives has announced the termination of the Hydrographic Survey Agreement with India.

Category : International Published on: December 19 2023

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Maldives has announced the termination of the hydrographic survey agreement with India in December 2023.
The Government of Maldives has decided not to renew the Hydrography Agreement which expires on June 7, 2024.
In future, hydrography work will be carried out under 100 percent Maldivian management and information will be provided only to the people of Maldives
Earlier, the Maldives government had ordered Indian soldiers to leave Maldives.
The Hydrographic Survey Agreement was signed between then President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and the Indian Prime Minister in June, 2019.
Under this agreement, India was allowed to conduct hydrographic surveys of the territorial waters of the Maldives, study and chart the reefs, lagoons, coastline, ocean currents, and tide levels.
Under this agreement, India had conducted hydrographic survey twice till now.
Now this agreement will end in June 2024.