Overview
- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed arrived in New Delhi and was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who highlighted the visit’s importance in a social media post.
- The stopover is scheduled for under two hours, with a focused bilateral meeting planned in the capital.
- Talks are expected to center on trade and investment, defence industry cooperation and energy initiatives, with several MoUs reported as likely, including on special economic zones, food security and civil nuclear cooperation.
- Leaders are expected to review the security situation in West Asia, with Iran–US tensions, the Gaza conflict and Saudi–UAE friction over Yemen likely to feature in the discussion.
- This is the UAE president’s third official visit since taking office and fifth in a decade, building on the 2022 CEPA, local currency settlement mechanisms and recent high-level exchanges, with bilateral trade reported above $100 billion in FY2024–25.