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  • Jan 20, 2024
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JAISHANKAR-MALDIVES MINISTER MEETING: STRENGTHENING TIES

Why in the News?

  • External Affairs Minister Jaishankar held talks with Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zameer in Kampala.
  • Ongoing “high-level discussions” on the troop withdrawal were a key focus during the interaction.

About the Meeting:

  • The ministers met on the sidelines of a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial meeting in Uganda.
  • Jaishankar highlighted the frank conversation on India-Maldives ties and discussed NAM-related issues.
About Non-Aligned Movement

Source: Hindi Arise

·   Forum of 120 developing world states, not formally aligned with any major power bloc.

·   Second-largest grouping of states globally after the United Nations.

·   Established in 1961 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, based on principles from the 1955 Bandung Conference.

·   Initiated by leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Kwame Nkrumah, Sukarno, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Josip Broz Tito.

·   Represents nearly two-thirds of UN members and encompasses 55% of the world population.