Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also visit the UAE this week along with France. He will pay an Official Visit to France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from July 13-15, 2023. He will be the Guest of Honour at Bastille Day celebrations on July 14. Tri-services contingent from India will participate, including IAF aircraft.
This will be his fifth visit to the UAE since 2015 which has a strong partnership with India across sectors and is a key state in India’s extended neighbourhood.
Modi will visit Abu Dhabi on July 15. The prime minister will hold talks with H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. The India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has been steadily strengthening and Prime Minister’s visit will be an opportunity to identify ways to take this forward in various domains such as energy, education, healthcare, food security, fintech, defence and culture. It will also be an opportunity to discuss cooperation on global issues, particularly in the context of UAE’s Presidency of COP-28 of the UNFCCC and India’s G-20 Presidency in which UAE is a Special Invitee.