Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reaffirmed their joint commitment against extremism and terrorism, including cross-border terrorism, in all forms, at both the regional and international levels, India-UAE Joint statement said on Friday.
The leaders agreed to further deepen their bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism, terrorist financing, and extremism. The joint statement said that the leaders agreed to further strengthen bilateral collaboration to strengthen maritime security and connectivity in the region to promote prosperity in India, the UAE, and the shared neighbourhood.
They also agreed to enhance defence exchanges, sharing of experiences, training, and capacity building. In this context, they emphasized the importance of promoting the values of peace, moderation, coexistence, and tolerance among peoples and stressed the need for all forms of extremism, hate speech, discrimination, and incitement to be renounced.
Both leaders emphasized the importance of multilateralism and called for collective action to promote a just, rules-based global order. The two leaders also expressed satisfaction with the coordination between the two sides on UN Security Council matters, especially in 2022, when both countries served as non-permanent members of the UNSC.
Prime Minister Modi commended the UAE’s achievements during the UAE’s term as an elected member of the Security Council. The UAE reiterated its endorsement of India’s bid for permanent membership of the reformed UNSC.
This was the fifth visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UAE in the last eight years. Prime Minister Modi last visited the UAE in June 2022 when he visited Abu Dhabi to meet Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to convey his greetings as he assumed the presidency of the UAE.
In 2015, Prime Minister Modi became the first Prime Minister of India to visit the UAE in 34 years. This visit was followed by the visit of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India in 2016, then in 2017, when Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations.
(ANI)
