Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu will visit India from October 6-10 to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the external affairs ministry saying on Friday the trip is expected to give momentum to bilateral cooperation and ties. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu. (File Photo) The trip has been given the status of a state visit, signalling New Delhi’s intention to reset bilateral ties after an acrimonious period in the relationship, people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity. This will be Muizzu’s first bilateral visit to India, though he came to New Delhi in June to attend Modi’s swearing-in ceremony along with leaders of six other regional countries. Muizzu, who became president in November 2023 on the back of an ‘India Out’ campaign, took steps to reduce the Maldives’ dependence on India and demanded the removal of some 85 Indian military personnel deployed in the Indian Ocean archipelago to operate three aircraft. These measures took bilateral ties to a fresh low at the end of last year. However, …