United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks on Friday with Indian Foreign Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar various aspects of their bilateral relations.
The officials tackled the importance of cooperating to boost and advance their relations within the framework of their comprehensive strategic partnership and the UAE-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed received a written letter from India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding strengthening the strategic relations between their countries and the prospects of developing them to serve their common interests.
Sheikh Mohamed then discussed with his guest a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Jaishankar is visiting the UAE to attend the meetings of the 14th session of the UAE-India Joint Committee and the third session of the UAE-India Strategic Dialogue, which was held in Abu Dhabi.
On Friday, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan chaired the third session of the UAE-India Strategic Dialogue.
Sheikh Abdullah and Jaishankar discussed issues of common interest and prospects for enhancing bilateral cooperation, in line with the CEPA agreement between the UAE and India.
They also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Sheikh Abdullah underscored the deep-rooted strategic relations between the UAE and India, and the continuous growth in their cooperation at all levels, thanks to the support of their leaderships.
He stressed that the UAE and India have succeeded in establishing an advanced and sustainable model for their strategic relations, which has yielded many significant achievements across several sectors.
The two countries are eager to strengthen ties to advance their common interests and those of their peoples, he added.
Sheikh Abdullah stressed the UAE-India CEPA, signed last February, has broadened the horizons for developing and strengthening their economic relations to drive sustainable development in both countries.
For his part, Jaishankar praised the UAE-India strategic partnership and the strong historical relations that their countries, their leaderships and peoples share.
He also stressed the keenness to strengthen and develop UAE-India strategic relations to meet the aspirations of their leaderships, noting that the strides made within the framework of their partnership are a source of pride and a driver to seek more successes to achieve common development goals.
