DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath Singh Monday held bilateral delegation-level talks with his Maldivian counterpart Mariya Ahmed Didi during which issues of mutual defence cooperation and new initiatives to strengthen defence and security partnership between the two countries were discussed, according to a Defence Ministry statement. Singh, who is on a three-day official visit to Maldives, will call on Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Tuesday. He is also scheduled to visit ongoing project sites and interact with the Indian diaspora. India will also be handing over a fast patrol vessel along with an assault landing craft to the Maldivian Coast Guard…