The external affairs ministers of the UAE and India have discussed ways of strengthening the historic relations between the two countries under the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership between them.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, and India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, also discussed areas of cooperation and coordination between the two countries aimed at driving efforts to address the current global challenges, along with regional and international issues of mutual concern.
The two have met on the sidelines of the meetings of G20 ministers of foreign affairs held in Bali, Indonesia.
Sheikh Abdullah stressed that the relations between the UAE and India are growing stronger due to the support of their leaderships aimed at enhancing their overall cooperation.
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al appreciated the recent visit of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi to the UAE, and his warm feeling towards the Emirati leadership and people, he added.
Jaishankar highlighted the deep-rooted strategic relations between the UAE and India, as well as their keenness to advance them to wider horizons, to meet the aspirations of their leaders of more progress, development and prosperity.
The two sides noted that the strategic ties between the two countries have reached a new level with the signing of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), which will begin a new phase of economic cooperation and enhance the historic ties between the two countries.
The bilateral agreement will also provide the two countries mutual access to markets and economic and investment opportunities, which will raise the UAE-India non-oil trade to more than $100 billion within five years.
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