External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will hold the India-UAE Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi today. The UAE Foreign Affairs Minister will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the afternoon. UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister arrived in New Delhi last night to take part in the 4th Strategic Dialogue and the 15th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting.
Welcoming the UAE leader, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a post on X said, the visit will further strengthen the multifaceted Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and UAE.
India and UAE have shared trade links through the centuries. In 2022-2023, UAE was the 4th biggest FDI investor for India. UAE has committed to invest 75 billion dollars in India’s infrastructure sector over a period of time. The West Asian nation has over 3.5 million Indians and Emiratis are quite familiar and sensitive to Indian culture. Indian cinema, TV, and radio channels are easily available and have good viewership.
