Amna Al Ketbi (Dubai)
The UAE and India have close relations that have turned into a comprehensive strategic partnership in all fields. political, economic and cultural, dating back more than a century; The two countries share several factors; The most important of them: geographical proximity, historical ties, cultural rapprochement, and other factors that created a common interest in strengthening cooperation in all fields, starting with energy, space, food, modern technology and investments, and not ending with infrastructure.
The UAE-India relations are based on solid foundations of mutual respect, common interests in many fields and fruitful cooperation for the development and prosperity of the two countries and peoples.
The nature of the relations between the Emirates and India is also characterized by privacy, and that they are rooted and as old as the Arab Gulf, which witnessed the beginnings of the movement of trade and the transit of ships between the two countries and the exchange of goods and benefits hundreds of years ago. Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, who made a historic visit to India in 1975, followed by the visit of the late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to the UAE in 1981.
In the past, oil and gas were the main trade between India and the UAE, and today there is a great diversity in the volume of trade activity between them to include gold, copper, logistics, petrochemicals, and others, in addition to the fact that the Indian community in the country is the largest in the world, and the tourism exchange is witnessing significant growth between the two countries. The second largest trading partner of the UAE.
The numbers indicate the size of the great opportunities that the two countries have to enhance bilateral economic relations between them. There are great opportunities to enhance mutual investments between them, especially in the semiconductor sectors, renewable energy, infrastructure and major development projects, as well as in the field of space exploration, partnership in the fields of communications, and technology Information, biotechnology, pharmacy, and others, in light of the UAE’s transformation into a knowledge economy, in addition to the great interest that the two countries’ leaderships attach to strengthening economic relations between them.
Joint Committee
The UAE is the third most important source of India’s imports, and the country alone accounts for 40% of its total trade with the Arab world, and about 13% of India’s exports are re-exported through the UAE to the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iraq and some Central Asian countries. The joint partnership between the two countries is one of the most important institutional mechanisms for the UAE and India to discuss a full series of bilateral strategic partnership. During the committee’s meetings, the validity of distinguished strategic relations and ways to strengthen and develop them is established in light of the bonds of common friendship between the two countries and the exchange of views on regional issues. and international issues of interest to the two countries, and discuss the overall developments and current developments.
The UAE and India have long-standing historical relations based on a common commitment to achieving sustainable economic growth. Mutual investments between the two countries cover many vital sectors, most notably the energy sector, renewable energy, logistics, air transport and food security.
The relations of the two countries also enjoy strength, strength and close cooperation, the features of which are drawn by several stations, the oldest of which dates back to 3 thousand years BC, where history books have written the cooperation witnessed by Arab-Indian relations, and the port of Ras Al Khaimah was among the most famous transport and shipping ports witnessing the The pearl and fish trade, which existed between India and the Persian Gulf since 3000 BC.
Zayed Gandhi Museum
The Zayed-Gandhi Museum is a civilizational forum that celebrates cultural exchange and dialogue, and tells the story of tolerance and coexistence of shared visions between two exceptional leaders: the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, and Mahatma Gandhi. It is also an interactive digital exhibition that shows the similarities between The two leaders share their common vision of tolerance, spreading peace, wise leadership and love of homelands.
The museum, which was recently opened in Manarat Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Gandhi Digital Museum in New Delhi, bears among its sides the common visions and principles of love, homeland, wise leadership and its stations, peace, tolerance and brotherhood, in a time of war and conflict, and it was a celebration of the human values of the founding leader Sheikh Zayed. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth.
The museum aims to communicate these values and principles to a large segment of society that helps them interact with the museum’s content that expresses the deep cultural relations between the UAE and India. The museum contains technology and artwork designed by Emirati artists, embodying the concept of the creative museum based on commonalities between Sheikh Zayed and Gandhi, and enshrined the meanings presented in each of its corners, as well as other supporting designs, as it combines common visions between two historical figures who left an immortal imprint and created a new history for their countries.
bilateral relations
The UAE and India have strong bilateral relations with historical roots. The UAE appointed its first ambassador to New Delhi in 1972, while India appointed its first ambassador to the UAE in June 1963. There are also strategic partnerships between the two countries in several areas, including the economy. Trade and investment, in addition to cooperation in the fields of defense, energy, space and information technology.