UAE: UAE plans to link India CEPA with other CEPAs for mutual mutual benefit

UAE’s newly appointed envoy India and the youngest envoy in town, Dr. Abdul Nasser Al Shali confirmed United Arab Emirates His first task is to strengthen India – United Arab Emirates CEPA and link it with UAE’s CEPA with other countries’ CEPA so as to achieve a win-win situation.

Alshaali also informed that the UAE is establishing a strategic food reserve to store food and supplies exported from India to the UAE.

In an exclusive interview with ET just days after submitting the certificate, he described the UAE as a reliable energy supplier to India and India as a reliable food security partner for the UAE. He noted that besides space and defence, third-country partnerships will also be a key pillar of India-UAE relations.

Referring to his foreign minister’s visit last week, Arshali said, “We have a lot of ideas about how to CEPA In practice, how can the applicability of CEPA ensure that we expand cooperation areas that may not have been fully explored in the past? So, for example, space is a new field, yes, there is some collaboration in that field, but realizing that we can do a lot more than what we can do in space. “” Also on defense. So this is also an area of ​​cooperation that has been discussed. Obviously pharma is an area of ​​mutual interest for both countries, food safety is a big thing for us, we count on India to be a reliable partner, this is very evident during COVID, just like India counts on us in India we are also responsible Energy security, is a reliable partner,” he added.

Referring to defense ties, he said, “September

In, we have – a high-level visit by our commanding officer air force We also have people working on Edge. Edge is our defense industry company. So what they’ve done here is they’ve had meetings with various stakeholders to see how we can leverage that aspect of the relationship fundamentally because when we look at everything else we do together, we Seems to be in a really good place and then when we look at sectors like defense, it’s not like things haven’t happened yet. ”

When asked about third-country partnerships, Alshaali noted, “The first one is, when you go to certain countries to work with them, health is obviously a big theme, but the way we look at it is that health is just part of it. … it’s more of a development issue, making sure that we can collaborate and invest and support the needs of these countries, whether it’s in pharma or healthcare, and I think that’s been very evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the way we’ve approached it is, You know, India will have good relations with certain countries.We will have good to good relations with other countries and vice versa, and thus provide a platform for cooperation with these countries.