India, Maldives sign 5 pacts to boost infrastructure projects

NEW DELHI: India and the Maldives on Saturday signed five agreements, including one for a $25-million line of credit for development of roads, as external affairs minister S Jaishankar handed over 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Indian Ocean archipelago. He met Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid as he began a two-day visit to review bilateral ties.