Parliament Monday passed to change the names of the archipelago's diplomatic missions to coincide with its exit from the Commonwealth last year.
During Monday's sitting, the change was passed with 49 lawmakers voting in favour while only four MPs voted against.
An embassy is a diplomatic mission of a country represented in another country, while a high commission is such a mission for a country that is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Maldives left the Commonwealth last year citing unfair and unjust treatment weeks after the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) – the enforcement mechanism of the Commonwealth – threatened to suspend Maldives from the council at its next meeting in March if effective steps were not taken to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the archipelago .
The Parliament had passed changes to four other institutions on Monday which included handing the mandate to provide drinking water to islands hit by drought.
The Parliament also passed some changes into the old system of the Finance Ministry after it's incorporation of the Pay Commission.
Another move was also passed, which brought alterations to the list of chemical imports which could cause potential harm to humans.
