Jaishankar discusses “untapped potential” for India-UAE partnership with Abdullah bin Zayed

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reviewed with his United Arab Emirates counterpart, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the multi-faceted India-UAE complete strategic partnership. They mentioned new areas with “untapped potential” to boost collaboration, stated an official assertion as we speak.

Jaishankar, who was within the UAE on Sunday, additionally exchanged views with Abdullah bin Zayed on regional and world points.

The Indian minister visited the long-lasting BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi and took part within the tenth International Yoga Day celebrations over the weekend earlier than assembly the UAE minister.

The two overseas ministers “reviewed the multi-faceted India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”, stated the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi as we speak.

They expressed “happiness on the substantive progress in various areas of bilateral co-operation, together with industrial and financial collaboration, fintech, schooling, tradition, and people-to-people join”.

As per the MEA assertion, the 2 ministers “mentioned new areas with untapped potential for additional enhancing collaboration” and likewise exchanged views on regional and world points.

Taking to X after assembly his UAE counterpart on Sunday, Jaishankar posted: “Very happy to satisfy UAE FM @ABZayed as we speak in Abu Dhabi.”

“Productive and deep conversations on our ever-growing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Appreciated the dialogue and his insights on regional and world points,” he stated.

At BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi, which was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 14 this 12 months, Jaishankar interacted with the monks of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan (BAPS), the organisation that constructed the temple on the land donated by the UAE.

He then inaugurated and took part within the tenth International Day of Yoga celebrations organised by the Indian Embassy in UAE, held on the Louvre, Abu Dhabi, museum premises.

The session lasted for nearly half-hour, with contributors from a large number of nations on the museum, which recurrently holds yoga courses for various backgrounds.

Jaishankar’s go to to the UAE, inside two weeks of his re-appointment as EAM following the latest basic elections in India, “signifies the significance India attaches to its relations with the nation”, stated the ministry assertion.

It added that the go to marked the “continuation of high-level contact between the 2 nations”.

“Last 12 months, we have now additionally witnessed necessary milestones in our bilateral relations just like the implementation of a neighborhood foreign money commerce settlement settlement; the launch of UAE’s home credit score/debit card based mostly on India’s RuPay card stack; the organising of a campus of IIT Delhi in Abu Dhabi; fintech collaboration; and graduation of labor on IMEEC, amongst others,” it stated.

About a 3.5-million-strong and vibrant Indian neighborhood varieties the most important expatriate group within the UAE. Both nations signed a landmark complete financial partnership settlement (CEPA) in February 2022 to spice up financial engagement.