Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day UAE visit today where he is expected to participate in the World Government Summit 2024, inaugurate the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi and address the ‘Ahlan Modi’, besides attending official meetings.
In a press briefing on Monday, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that PM Modi will visit UAE on February 13 and 14, following which he will travel to Doha in Qatar. The Doha visit comes days after the release of eight Indian Navy officials who were jailed in Qatar.
UAE is one of India’s key trade diplomatic partners, and experts say that PM Modi’s latest visit is meant to shore up business, defense and cultural ties with its Middle Eastern neighbour. According to a press release on the PM visit, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India and UAE are among each other’s top trading partners with a bilateral trade of about US$ 85 billion in 2022-23. “UAE is also among the top 4 investors in India in terms of foreign…
