Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan To Visit India On April 8-9, To Meet PM Modi And Top Ministers

<p>New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, will visit India on April 8-9, during which he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and participate in a business roundtable seeking to bolster India-UAE ties.</p>
<p>”His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, deputy prime minister and minister of defence, the UAE, will visit India on April 8-9,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday said in a statement announcing the visit.</p>
<p>”This would be the first official visit of His Highness to India as the Crown Prince of Dubai,” it said.</p>
<p>Sheikh Hamdan’s visit follows an invitation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will host a “working lunch for His Highness the Crown Prince” on April 8, the MEA said in the statement.</p>
<p>Sheikh Hamdan will be accompanied by several ministers, senior government officials and a high-level business delegation, the MEA said.</p>
<p>”The visit of the Crown Prince will further solidify the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) and strengthen our multi-faceted ties with Dubai,” the statement said.</p>
<p>During his visit, the Crown Prince will participate in a business roundtable with prominent business leaders from both sides in Mumbai.</p>
<p>”The interaction will strengthen India-UAE economic and commercial cooperation across traditional and futuristic areas,” the MEA said.</p>
<p>Traditionally, Dubai has played an important role in India’s commercial, cultural and people-to-people exchanges with the UAE.</p>
<p>The majority of India’s around 4.3 million diaspora in the UAE live and work in Dubai, the statement said.&nbsp;</p>
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