Narendra Modi conducted a telephonic conversation today with Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives. They expressed satisfaction that the coordination modalities agreed between SAARC countries were being implemented actively. Narendra Modi was happy to hear that the Indian medical team deployed earlier to Maldives, and the essential medicines gifted by India, had contributed towards controlling the spread of the infection in the islands. Narendra Modi assured the Maldivian President of continued Indian support for minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19.