Parliament Speaker and former President Mohamed Nasheed visited the President's Office on Sunday morning to meet with President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
With just five days left for the run-off round of the presidential election, Nasheed arrived at the President's Office in his official vehicle.
The meeting comes after the former allies and close friends had a phone conversation on Monday last week.
Solih described having a "smooth conversation" when the pair talked over the phone for the "first time in a long while".
Relations between Nasheed and Solih deteriorated after Nasheed's defeat during the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) primary earlier this year.
Nasheed's supporters later left the MDP and formed The Democrats which came third in the first round of the presidential election on September 9.
Solih, who is campaigning for re-election, earlier told reporters that the Democrats want a referendum on the system of government after securing kingmaker status.
Democrats' leader Nasheed wanted the vote to be taken before the second round of the election on September 25, but it would not be practical, Solih said.
The run-off round between Solih and opposition candidate Dr. Mohamed Muizzu is scheduled for September 30.
The Democrats later decided not to back either candidate in the run-off and work through the parliament for a referendum on the system of government.
The system of government was one issue where Solih and Nasheed disagreed.
In the public referendum held in 2007 to choose the system of government, Nasheed and the MDP supported a parliamentary system.
But after assuming office in 2018, President Solih and his loyalists wanted to maintain the presidential system.
None of the candidates managed to win more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round of the election.
PNC candidate Muizzu emerged as the frontrunner with 101,635 votes (46 percent) and President Solih trailed with 86,161 votes (39 percent).
The Democrats candidate Ilyas Labeeb came third with 15,839 votes, making the party’s support crucial for winning the run-off.
