<h1>India and UAE review Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to deepen trade, energy, defence, education, culture and people-to-people ties</h1> India and the United Arab Emirates conducted a formal review of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, assessing cooperation across trade and investment, energy, defence and security, education, culture and people-to-people ties. Senior foreign ministry officials exchanged views on implementation of prior high-level decisions, ongoing initiatives and regional issues, including the West Asia situation. The review noted strong bilateral trade (USD 100.05 billion in 2024-25) and a large diaspora in the UAE, and emphasized that regular high-level exchanges underpin and create avenues to deepen cooperation across the partnership's agreed sectors.