{"id":17042,"date":"2026-05-03T19:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042"},"modified":"2026-05-03T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:24:13","slug":"president-muizzu-sri-lanka-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042","title":{"rendered":"President Muizzu Departs on Official Visit to Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Mohamed and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed left for Colombo on Sunday afternoon on an official visit. The trip runs from May 3 to 6. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended the invitiation.<\/p>\n<p>President Muizzu&#8217;s Sri Lanka visit will see the leader meet senior officials in Colombo. Moreover, both heads of state plan to strengthen existing diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<p>Talks will cover several priority sectors. Specifically, the two sides will explore cooperation in education, technical training, and economic collaboration. Additionally, the leaders aim to boost coordination across regional and international forums.<\/p>\n<p>Both Presidents will also witness the signing of new agreements during the trip. These deals span multiple sectors of mutual interest. Furthermore, President Muizzu will attend the Maldives-Sri Lanka Business Forum. He will also meet members of the Maldivian community living in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>President Muizzu&#8217;s Sri Lanka engagement follows President Dissanayake&#8217;s earlier trip to Mal\u00e9. The Sri Lankan leader traveled to the Maldives from July 28 to 30, 2025. Notably, his visit coincided with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Both nations formally established ties on July 26, 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, President Muizzu&#8217;s Sri Lanka trip promises to reinforce cooperation across trade, business, and policy fronts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Mohamed and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed left for Colombo on Sunday afternoon on an official visit. The trip runs from May 3 to 6. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended the invitiation. President Muizzu&#8217;s Sri Lanka visit will see the leader meet senior officials in Colombo. Moreover, both heads of state plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2981,2508,2994,2428,2506],"tags":[212,213,1301,1346,1956],"class_list":{"0":"post-17042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-government","8":"category-latest-news","9":"category-national-news","10":"category-public-sector","11":"category-top-stories-block","12":"tag-bilateral-cooperation","13":"tag-bilateral-relationships","14":"tag-maldives-government","15":"tag-maldives-president-dr-mohamed-muizzu","16":"tag-sri-lanka"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Presidential Couple leave for Sri Lanka on Official Trip<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Muizzu&#039;s Sri Lanka trip aims to deepen bilateral ties, sign cooperation deals, and boost trade between both countries.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presidential Couple leave for Sri Lanka on Official Trip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Muizzu&#039;s Sri Lanka trip aims to deepen bilateral ties, sign cooperation deals, and boost trade between both countries.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-03T14:24:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohamed Reehaan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mvbiztimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mvbiztimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohamed Reehaan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohamed Reehaan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2\"},\"headline\":\"President Muizzu Departs on Official Visit to Sri Lanka\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-03T14:24:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png\",\"keywords\":[\"bilateral cooperation\",\"Bilateral Relationships\",\"Maldives Government\",\"Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu\",\"Sri Lanka\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Government\",\"Latest News\",\"National News\",\"PUBLIC SECTOR\",\"TOP STORIES - Block\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\",\"name\":\"Presidential Couple leave for Sri Lanka on Official Trip\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-03T14:24:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"President Muizzu's Sri Lanka trip aims to deepen bilateral ties, sign cooperation deals, and boost trade between both countries.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"President Muizzu and Firsty Lady leaves for Colombo on official visit\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President Muizzu Departs on Official Visit to Sri Lanka\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/\",\"name\":\"Maldives Business Times\",\"description\":\"Maldives Business Times delivers timely and in-depth English news on business, economy, and breaking events in the Maldives.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maldives Business Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png\",\"width\":1312,\"height\":736,\"caption\":\"Maldives Business Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mvbiztimes\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2\",\"name\":\"Mohamed Reehaan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mohamed Reehaan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Presidential Couple leave for Sri Lanka on Official Trip","description":"President Muizzu's Sri Lanka trip aims to deepen bilateral ties, sign cooperation deals, and boost trade between both countries.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Presidential Couple leave for Sri Lanka on Official Trip","og_description":"President Muizzu's Sri Lanka trip aims to deepen bilateral ties, sign cooperation deals, and boost trade between both countries.","og_url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042","og_site_name":"Maldives Business Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes","article_published_time":"2026-05-03T14:24:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mohamed Reehaan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mvbiztimes","twitter_site":"@mvbiztimes","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mohamed Reehaan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042"},"author":{"name":"Mohamed Reehaan","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2"},"headline":"President Muizzu Departs on Official Visit to Sri Lanka","datePublished":"2026-05-03T14:24:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042"},"wordCount":208,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png","keywords":["bilateral cooperation","Bilateral Relationships","Maldives Government","Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu","Sri Lanka"],"articleSection":["Government","Latest News","National News","PUBLIC SECTOR","TOP STORIES - Block"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042","name":"Presidential Couple leave for Sri Lanka on Official Trip","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png","datePublished":"2026-05-03T14:24:13+00:00","description":"President Muizzu's Sri Lanka trip aims to deepen bilateral ties, sign cooperation deals, and boost trade between both countries.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/President-Muizzu.png","width":1024,"height":768,"caption":"President Muizzu and Firsty Lady leaves for Colombo on official visit"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=17042#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President Muizzu Departs on Official Visit to Sri Lanka"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/","name":"Maldives Business Times","description":"Maldives Business Times delivers timely and in-depth English news on business, economy, and breaking events in the Maldives.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#organization","name":"Maldives Business Times","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/background_removed_image_x5KLRjOsQMGL6jgPS4Hiew.png","width":1312,"height":736,"caption":"Maldives Business Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mvbiztimes","https:\/\/x.com\/mvbiztimes"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/a0eedc1134716e7c8e4da095494670c2","name":"Mohamed Reehaan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac0f3a9111db774c387735910f0eeee4432a0db79cc936fe00f3f0fb05f1af6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mohamed Reehaan"},"url":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17044,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17042\/revisions\/17044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}