India, Maldives to sign anti-terror agreement

India and the Maldives have agreed to sign an agreement on anti-terror measures and information sharing by April, reported the local daily The Times of India on Thursday.

Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram and his Maldives counterpart Mohammad Shihab reached the agreement during their meeting in Indian capital on Wednesday, the daily quoted sources from the Home Ministry as saying.

The daily said that Indian officials were worried about the replay by terrorists of a coup attempt in 1988 when a band of 60 mercenaries tried to take control of the Maldives.

The coup attempt, which was supported by the LTTE was thwarted by Indian paratroopers and naval warships. Xinhua