The President's Office has held the tabletop exercise Rihi Asseyri 2023.
The exercise was held in partnership with the British High Commission in the Maldives (BHC) to test the implementation of the National Terrorism Response Plan (NTRP). The exercise to test the government's multi-agency response to a terror incident was held from March 12-13 in the Greater Male’ Region.
The main objective of the exercise was to test and improve multi-agency communication and coordination in emergency response activities. The exercise also sought to further enhance the NTRP, strengthen communication and coordination between agencies, and improve future training programmes and exercises and the ability to respond to terror incidents and save lives.
Rihi Asseyri brought together representatives and policymakers from 11 government ministries and agencies. The exercise was the latest in several training programmes in partnership with BHC to operationalise the NTRP.