Noonu Atoll, June 10 -- Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister and lauded his role in strengthening India-Maldives relations despite political fluctuations in the island nation.

Speaking to ANI on the ties between the two countries under PM Modi's leadership, Nasheed said the Prime Minister has maintained an unprecedented level of engagement and closeness with the people of the Maldives and the wider Indian Ocean region.

"Congratulations to the Prime Minister and the people of India. Throughout his three terms serving as Prime Minister in India, the extent of persistence and closeness that the Prime Minister has maintain...