H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy, United Arab Emirates made a courtesy call on Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister in New Delhi, today. Both sides discussed the strong economic and commercial engagement between the India-UAE and the comprehensive strategic partnership which is driving the multifaceted bilateral relations.

H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri and a high-level UAE delegation are in New Delhi for India-UAE Economic Partnership Summit – “India-UAE CEPA: Unleashing the Golden Era”. Such regular exchanges and bilateral meetings further deepen India’s engagement and harness newer areas while maximally exploiting the existing institutional arrangements.

Economic partnership drives enhanced India UAE commercial engagement and cooperation under the India UAE CEPA summit framework. Discussion of sustained bilateral economic and commercial engagement centred on the India UAE Economic Partnership Summit and the operationalisation of the India UAE CEPA, with high level ministerial exchanges aimed at deepening trade ties, exploring new cooperation areas, and optimising existing institutional arrangements to facilitate cross border economic activity.