{"id":66416,"date":"2025-07-25T22:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/?p=66416"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:05:45","slug":"president-muhammed-muizzu-and-indian-pm-modi-inaugurate-new-mndf-headquarters-in-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/66416\/","title":{"rendered":"President Muhammed Muizzu and Indian PM Modi Inaugurate New MNDF Headquarters in Mal\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"567\"><strong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"296\">Raeesul Jumhooriya<\/strong> Dr. Muhammed Muizzu and the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, today jointly inaugurated the <strong data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"424\">Dhoshimeyna Building<\/strong>, the new headquarters of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), marking a significant step forward in Maldives\u2013India defence cooperation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"872\">The eleven-storey <strong data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"616\">Ministry of Defence (MoD)<\/strong> building, constructed with financial assistance from the Government of India, is located in the heart of Mal\u00e9. Overlooking the Indian Ocean, the building stands as a powerful symbol of the enduring and strategic partnership between the Maldives and India.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1077\">Designed to enhance the operational and administrative capabilities of the MNDF, the new facility will contribute to improved national defence coordination, emergency response, and public safety efforts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1440\">The inauguration ceremony took place during Prime Minister Modi\u2019s state visit to the Maldives, following a series of high-level engagements between the two leaders. These included official bilateral talks at the President\u2019s Office and a symbolic tree planting ceremony at Sultan Park\u2014both events reinforcing shared commitments to partnership and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1647\">In a statement released by the President\u2019s Office, the Dhoshimeyna Building was hailed as a milestone in bilateral ties, reflecting the nations\u2019 joint dedication to peace, security, and regional stability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1649\" data-end=\"1838\">Earlier in the day, India also presented <strong data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1705\">72 vehicles<\/strong> to the MNDF under a previously signed defence cooperation agreement, further supporting the Force\u2019s mobility and logistics capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raeesul Jumhooriya Dr. Muhammed Muizzu and the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, today jointly inaugurated the Dhoshimeyna Building, the new headquarters of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), marking a significant step forward in Maldives\u2013India defence cooperation. The eleven-storey Ministry of Defence (MoD) building, constructed with financial assistance from the Government of India, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":66417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66416","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\/66416"}],"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=66416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66418,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66416\/revisions\/66418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raajje24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}