Vice President Faisal Naseem has concluded his trip to the United Arab Emirates to attend the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) 2021.

The Vice President returned this morning from the visit where he was accompanied by a high-level delegation from the President’s Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vice President attended the conference as the Guest of Honour and delivered an address at its inaugural session.

During the visit, on the sidelines of IOC 2021, the Vice President received a courtesy call from the former Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe and met with member of the governing council of the India Foundation, Ram Madhav and Professor Rohan Gunaratna, the Director-General of the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) of Sri Lanka.

Vice President also visited the Embassy of the Maldives in Abu Dhabi.