President Wavel Ramkalawan’s State visit in the Maldives |15 June 2023

A souvenir photograph during the Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane visit

President holds talks

and conducts visits

As part of his State visit in the Maldives, President Wavel Ramkalawan has held talks with various senior government officials and visited several tourism establishments.

Among some of the high-level officials President Ramkalawan met with were the Vice-President of Maldives, Faisal Naseem; the Speaker of the Parliament of the Maldives, Hon. Mohamed Nasheed; and the Maldivian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Abdulla Shahid.

While visiting tourism establishments, the President took the opportunity to meet and interact with the two young Seychellois – Samuel Marie and Naomi Payet – currently undergoing work-based training at the Waldorf Astoria, Maldives.

Mr Marie and Ms Payet are on the ‘Fitir’ programme by Hilton Labriz Silhouette and were the two top participants from their cohorts nominated for the internship.

The President and the First Lady also met with Serena Mangroo, a Seychelloise working in the Maldives for the past five years.

The President also visited the Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane operation which is the world’s largest seaplane fleet. This was an opportunity for him to view their full operation and experience first-hand how the seaplane inter-island transfers are done in the Maldives and discuss possibilities of exchange.

President Ramkalawan, who was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, also toured various island resorts and held discussions on sustainable tourism practices being implemented by the Maldives.

Press release from the Office of the President