- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan personally received the Indian PM at Abu Dhabi airport.
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi and UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday (13) held a bilateral meeting after the former reached Abu Dhabi on a two-day visit. Several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were exchanged during the talks and Modi even called his host “brother”.
“Brother, firstly, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for your warm welcome. We have met five times in the last seven months, which is very rare. I have also got the opportunity to come here seven times… the way we have progressed in every field, there is a joint partnership between India and UAE in every field,” Modi said after meeting Al Nahyan, who received the prime minister at the airport. The two leaders greeted each other with handshakes and embraced warmly.
The visiting leader also received a guard of honour.
He also tweeted about his meeting with the UAE president in which he said in English and Arabic, “Immensely grateful to my brother, HH @MohamedBinZayed, for taking the time to receive me at Abu Dhabi airport. I look forward to a productive visit which will further strength the friendship between India and UAE.”
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Immensely grateful to my brother, HH @MohamedBinZayed, for taking the time to receive me at Abu Dhabi airport.
I look forward to a productive visit which will further strength the friendship between India and UAE. ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/OWQivfszI2
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 13, 2024
This is Modi’s seventh visit to the UAE since he took over as the PM in 2014. In the last eight months, he visited the Middle Eastern nation thrice, which shows their deepening ties.
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Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of India’s external affairs ministry took to X, emphasising that Modi’s first leg of the visit in the UAE will entail engagements with UAE leadership and community members, and the inauguration of BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi.
“Wheels up! PM @narendramodiembarks on a two-country visit to the UAE & Qatar. The first leg of the visit in the UAE entails engagements with UAE leadership & community members, inauguration of @AbuDhabiMandir, and participation as the Guest of Honour at @WorldGovSummit in Dubai,” he said.
Apart from meeting Al Nahyan, PM Modi will also attend the World Government Summit 2024, where he will deliver a special keynote address.
“My discussions with Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid on the margins of Summit will focus on strengthening our multifaceted ties with Dubai,” the prime minister said about his meeting with the vice president and prime minister and defence minister of the UAE in a statement ahead of his departure.
