{"id":66413,"date":"2025-07-25T21:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/?p=66413"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:13:56","slug":"india-gifts-72-vehicles-to-mndf-strengthening-defence-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/66413\/","title":{"rendered":"India Gifts 72 Vehicles to MNDF, Strengthening Defence Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"106\"><em data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"106\">Mal\u00e9 | July 25, 2025 \u2013 Raajje24<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"262\">The Government of India has donated 72 vehicles to the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), further strengthening defence ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"264\" data-end=\"618\">In a ceremony held this afternoon at the President\u2019s Office as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s state visit to the Maldives, President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu accepted a symbolic key to the vehicles on behalf of MNDF. The key was presented by Prime Minister Modi, symbolizing India&#8217;s continued commitment to supporting Maldives\u2019 defence capacity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"834\">The donation follows an agreement signed earlier this year between Maldives\u2019 Minister of Defence Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon and India\u2019s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during Minister Ghassan&#8217;s official visit to India.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"869\">The 72 vehicles gifted include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"1069\">\n<li data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"891\">\n<p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"891\">8 27-seater buses<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"912\">\n<p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"912\">10 pickup trucks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"929\">\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"929\">10 mini-vans<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"941\">\n<p data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"941\">10 vans<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"955\">\n<p data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"955\">5 lorries<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"970\">\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"970\">8 tractors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"995\">\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"995\">4 tipper dump trucks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1017\">\n<p data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1017\">4 backhoe loaders<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1030\">\n<p data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1030\">2 cranes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1052\">\n<p data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1052\">6 mini excavators<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1069\">\n<p data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1069\">5 excavators<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1246\">India stated that the donation is a reflection of the growing strategic cooperation between the two countries and will significantly support capacity building within the MNDF.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1467\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This gesture highlights India\u2019s ongoing support in strengthening Maldives\u2019 defence infrastructure, aligning with broader bilateral efforts to enhance collaboration in security, disaster response, and regional stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mal\u00e9 | July 25, 2025 \u2013 Raajje24 The Government of India has donated 72 vehicles to the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), further strengthening defence ties between the two nations. In a ceremony held this afternoon at the President\u2019s Office as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s state visit to the Maldives, President Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":66414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66419,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66413\/revisions\/66419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}