Car Ride After Airport Pickup: PM Modi’s Personal Gesture for UAE President - See Photos

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday received United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Delhi airport, illustrating the importance he attaches

to a strong India-UAE friendship.The Prime Minister personally went to the Palam airport to receive the UAE president. The two then travelled in the same car, and PM Modi shared a photo of both sitting in the car, greeting each other.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, PM Modi wrote, "Looking forward to our discussions. Went to the airport to welcome my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. His visit illustrates the importance he attaches to a strong India-UAE friendship. Looking forward to our discussion."

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ALSO READ |PM Modi Turns Brahmaputra Into Classroom During 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' With Assam StudentsAl Nahyan will be in the national capital for less than two hours, according to his schedule released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

UAE President's India Visit Comes As Middle East Deals Iran Tensions

His visit to India comes amid a volatile situation in the Middle-East arising out of the sharp decline in Iran-US ties, simmering tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over Yemen and the unsettling political scenario in Gaza.Al Nahyan and Modi will hold wide-ranging talks shortly.

What's on Agenda During UAE President's India Visit

People familiar with the UAE president's visit said trade and investment, defence industry cooperation and energy initiatives are expected to be on the agenda of his talks with the Indian leadership.The situation in the Middle East is also likely to figure in the talks, they said.ALOS READ | PM Modi Offers Prayers At Somnath Temple After Concluding 'Shaurya Yatra'It will be the UAE leader's third official visit to India since assuming the charge of the top office and the fifth to the country over the past decade.There has been a significant upswing in bilateral trade and people-to-people ties after New Delhi and Abu Dhabi inked an ambitious comprehensive economic partnership agreement in 2022.With inputs from PTI