Seems like kindov a big hassle just for a photo-op, but.. it worked.
Aminath Shauna, the event’s co-ordinator, said the ministers had signed their wetsuits, which would be auctioned on the protectthemaldives.com website to raise money for coral reef protection in the atoll-chain.
The government arranged a horseshoe-shaped table on the seabed for the ministers, who communicated using white boards and hand signals.
The Divers Association of Maldives said the ministers, who had trained over the past two months, felt confident about the unprecedented meeting.
Of the 14-member cabinet, three ministers did not take part in the dive, as two have a medical condition while the third is currently in Europe.
The Maldives, located southwest of Sri Lanka, has become a vocal campaigner in the battle to halt rising sea levels.