Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed a mega occasion of the Indian neighborhood within the UAE, the place he hailed the rising relations between the 2 nations.
The ‘Ahlan Modi’ occasion on the Zayed Sports activities Metropolis Stadium in Abu Dhabi was one of many key occasions throughout the prime minister’s two-day go to to the Gulf nation. On Wednesday, he’ll inaugurate the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Mandir, the primary Hindu stone temple in Abu Dhabi.
Modi mentioned the India-UAE relations have reached unprecedented heights and that the 2 nations are companions in every others’ progress. “India and UAE are companions in progress. Our relationship is of expertise, innovation and tradition.”
The prime minister spoke just a few sentences in Arabic to spotlight what number of phrases spoken in India have hyperlinks to the language. “What India and the UAE have achieved in neighborhood and cultural relations is a mannequin for world,” he asserted.
Modi greeted the thousands-strong viewers with a ‘Namaskar’ amid chants of ‘Modi, Modi’.
Claiming that India and the UAE had been collectively writing a brand new historical past of the twenty first century, he mentioned the Indian diaspora within the Gulf nation was an enormous motive for that.
“You may have scripted a historical past by coming in such giant numbers right here. You’ll have come from completely different elements of UAE and from completely different states of India, however everybody’s hearts are related,” Modi mentioned.
The prime minister additional remarked that India is being recognized for its new concepts, innovation and mega infra initiatives, and that the nation is rising as a vibrant tourism vacation spot and a sports activities energy.
Noting that the UPI cost would start within the UAE quickly, Modi mentioned this may make seamless funds between accounts in India and the UAE attainable.
Interlinking of the moment cost platforms—UPI (India) and AANI (UAE)—was one of many a number of agreements signed by the 2 nations throughout a delegation-level talks between Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The settlement is anticipated to facilitate seamless cross-border transactions between the 2 nations.
An settlement on inter-linking home debit/bank cards—RuPay (India) with JAYWAN (UAE)—was additionally signed, which can improve the common acceptance of RuPay throughout the UAE.