New Delhi: PM Modi is on a 2-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from today. This is PM Modi’s seventh visit to UAE as Prime Minister.
PM Modi with the UAE President inspects a Guard of Honour upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi & UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi & UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE. pic.twitter.com/JlZyG5K6cs
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On February 14, PM Modi will inaugurate a temple in Abu Dhabi. This temple has been built on about 27 acres of land in UAE. This land for the temple has been given on lease by UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in India sometime from now, before that this is being considered a very important event.
PM Modi will address NRI in Abu Dhabi:
PM Modi will address about 60 thousand Indian expatriates at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi on the evening of 14 February. This program has been named ‘Ahlan Modi’. Ahlan is an Arabic word, which means welcome.
The grand Lakshminarayan Temple built in UAE can be seen in the pictures below:
Business importance of PM Modi's UAE visit:
This is PM Modi’s seventh visit to UAE as Prime Minister. Bilateral trade between India and the UAE is continuously increasing. In 2021-22, UAE was the third largest partner for India after China and America, which has crossed $ 85 billion to date.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the UAE is the seventh largest investor in India in terms of FDI. India mainly exports petroleum products, clothing, food items, jewelry, stones, precious metals, and machinery products to UAE.
UAE is the fourth largest oil supplier to India. Along with this, India is the second largest supplier of LPG and LNG to UAE.