Overview
- A joint statement after Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s New Delhi visit tasked teams to study establishing digital embassies under mutually recognised sovereignty arrangements.
- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called the initiative a new concept for India and said there are only a few successful examples worldwide.
- The proposed model places state‑owned servers in a partner country to secure critical data and maintain continuity, potentially with immunity from host‑country laws.
- The effort aligns with broader India–UAE cooperation on technology that includes AI collaboration, a planned supercomputing cluster in India, and potential data‑centre projects, with UAE support for India’s February 2026 AI Impact Summit.
- Reporting points to Gujarat’s GIFT City as a possible host location in India, while officials stress the process remains exploratory with no binding decisions announced.