CASL to develop accountancy in the Maldives
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SAFA President Subodh Kumar Agarwal, Maldivian President
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, SAFA Vice President Arjuna
Herath and Auditor General of the Maldives, Niyaz Ibrahim. |
The President and Vice President of the South Asian Federation of
Accountants (SAFA), recently met Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen
Abdul Gayoom at the President's Office in Male', where matters
pertaining to the development accountancy in the Maldives and in the
region was discussed at length.
SAFA is an apex body of SAARC and is the regional organisation
consisting of nine professional accountancy organisations of India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
As per the statement released by the President's office of the
Maldives, the delegation comprised SAFA President Subodh Kumar Agarwal
and Vice President Arjuna Herath, who is also the President of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka). Auditor
General of the Maldives Niyaz Ibrahim and several Maldivian Government
Ministers were also present.
SAFA officials said that they will work closely with the Maldivian
Auditor General's Office and other relevant Government authorities to
build the accountancy profession in the Maldives.
President Yameen commended SAFA for its continued assistance to the
accountancy profession in the Maldives and assured SAFA of his
Government's commitment to work alongside local and international
partners to develop local accountants.
He said that the Maldivian Government would welcome the setting up of
an accountancy institute in the Maldives to ensure that Accountants in
the Maldives comply with international standards. |
