External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid would be visiting Maldives from February 18 to February 20.
"This is both for a bilateral visit there, which will on February 19, and on February 20, he will be participating in the 25th session of the SAARC Council of Ministers to be held in Maldives," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told media here today.
Akbaruddin further said: "Preceding the Council of Ministers, there will be a meeting of the standing committee that will be on February18 and 19, and prior to that on February 17, there will be a meeting of the Program Committee, which is basically at the Director General's level.
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