Bangladesh–Maldives relations
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of Maldives
Bangladesh and Maldives established diplomatic relations in 1978.
History
The 14th-century Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta identified Sultan Salahuddin Salih as a Bengali and credited him for the establishment of a new dynasty in the Maldives including his son Omar I and a granddaughter, Khadijah. Other records have also mentioned a granddaughter of Alauddin Husain Shah being a queen in the Maldives too.
The Maldives and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations on 22 September 1978. The Maldives opened its High Commission in Bangladesh in 2008. In 2011, the Maldives government removed duty on all Bangladesh exports to the country. In 2011, Bangladesh Army gave Maldives National Defence Force 7 military trucks. Maldives closed its High Commission in Dhaka in March 2014 after the foreign ministry budget was slashed by 40 percent. Bangladesh offered to pay rent for embassy premises among other local costs but was refused "politely" by Maldives.
In December 2014, Bangladesh sent 100 thousand litres of water after Maldives' sole water desalination plant stopped working after catching fire.
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