Parliament approves Maldives’ bid to join Atomic Energy Agency

The Parliament on Wednesday approved Maldives’ bid to join the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu decided to submit a proposal seeking the approval of the Parliament for the Maldives to join IAEA during a cabinet meeting on September 1.

The legislative assembly provided its backing for the proposal with a unanimous vote of 61 on Wednesday morning.

Back in September, the then-Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer said the Maldives was joining the IAEA because it would make it easier to get funding for the planned project to build a designated cancer hospital in the Maldives.

Zameer said at the time that Maldives and Bhutan are the only countries in the region that have yet to join the 178-member IAEA.