The India-UAE relations have reached unprecedented heights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, adding that the two countries are partners in each others' progress.
"India and UAE are partners in progress. Our relationship is of talent, innovation and culture," Modi said, addressing the Indian community at the 'Ahlan Modi' event in Abu Dhabi.
The prime minister spoke a few sentences in Arabic to highlight how many words spoken in India have links to the language. What India and the UAE have achieved in community and cultural relations is a model for world, he claimed.
Modi greeted the thousands-strong audience at the Zayed Sports City Stadium with a 'Namaskar' amid chants of 'Modi, Modi'.
He said India and the UAE were together writing a new history of the 21st century, and claimed that the Indian diaspora in the Gulf nation was a big reason for that.
"You have scripted a history by coming in such large numbers here. You may have come from different parts of UAE and from different states of India, but everyone's hearts are connected," Modi said.
The prime minister noted that India is being identified for its new ideas, innovation and mega infra projects, and that the country is emerging as a vibrant tourism destination and a sports power.
Noting that the UPI payment would begin in the UAE soon, Modi said this will make seamless payments between accounts in India and the UAE possible.
The two countries have signed an agreement on interlinking of the instant payment platforms—UPI (India) and AANI (UAE)—which is expected to facilitate seamless cross-border transactions between the two countries.
