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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (January 19, 2026) received United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan astatine the Delhi airport, signalling the value India attached to his visit.
Mr. Al Nahyan volition beryllium successful the nationalist superior for little than 2 hours, according to his docket released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
His sojourn to India comes amid a volatile concern successful the Middle-East arising retired of the crisp diminution successful Iran-U.S. ties, simmering tensions betwixt Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates implicit Yemen and the unsettling governmental script successful Gaza.
Mr. Al Nahyan and Mr. Modi volition clasp wide-ranging talks shortly.
People acquainted with the UAE President's sojourn said commercialized and investment, defence manufacture practice and vigor initiatives are expected to beryllium connected the docket of his talks with the Indian leadership.
The concern successful the Middle East is besides apt to fig successful the talks, they said.
It volition beryllium the UAE leader's 3rd authoritative sojourn to India since assuming the complaint of the apical bureau and the 5th to the state implicit the past decade.
There has been a important upswing successful bilateral commercialized and people-to-people ties aft New Delhi and Abu Dhabi inked an ambitious broad economical concern statement successful 2022.
