Published on
16/05/2026 - 10:14 GMT+2
The Italian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement announcing that the Maldivian Coast Guard has begun dives to recover the bodies of the four missing Italian divers involved in Thursday’s incident.
According to the Farnesina, Minister Antonio Tajani is in contact with Italy’s ambassador in Colombo, Damiano Francovigh (who is also responsible for the Maldives), and the honorary consul in Malé, Giorgia Marazzi. They are on board the Coast Guard support vessel “Ghazee” to follow the recovery operations.
Eight Maldivian divers are currently taking turns in the water. The first two, ministry sources confirm, have already dived to pinpoint and clearly mark the entrance to the series of caves where the Italian divers disappeared. A further six divers will enter the water later, in several shifts, in an attempt to locate the bodies and bring them back to the surface.
