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On April 10, 2014, China's ambassador to the Maldives and the Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement for cooperation on an agricultural research project on behalf of the Chinese and Maldivian governments. Maldives' Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that under the agreement, China would give Maldives a 1 million RMB grant for its agricultural sector. On March 9, 2015, an initiation ceremony was held for the China-funded Value Addition and Agriculture Research Project in the Maldives. The research under this project would promote the diversification of the agricultural industry, further increase the agricultural output value, and reduce external dependence.