NEW DELHI: The quickly increasing India-UAE relationship acquired one other improve Monday with the 2 international locations signing a letter of intent for a strategic defence partnership as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for a go to that lasted little over three hours however yielded a number of vital outcomes and bulletins.These included 4 different agreements, together with one for house collaboration, one other for buy of 0.5 million metric tonnes every year of LNG by HPCL from ADNOC Fuel over a interval of 10 years and one more letter of intent for growth of the Dholera particular funding area in Gujarat. There have been a number of different bulletins, together with a choice to double bilateral commerce to $200 billion by 2032, institution of a supercomputing cluster in India and growth and deployment of enormous nuclear reactors and small modular reactors (SMRs) to spice up civil nuclear cooperation.Not for the primary time, Modi acquired Al Nahyan on the airport in a particular gesture that, within the phrases of international secretary Vikram Misri, was attribute of the extraordinarily heat and shut relationship that the 2 leaders shared. “Went to the airport to welcome my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. His go to illustrates the significance he attaches to a robust India-UAE friendship. Trying ahead to our discussions,” stated Modi in a submit on X.The defence letter of intent is anticipated to determine a Strategic Defence Partnership Framework Settlement and develop defence cooperation throughout numerous areas, together with “defence industrial collaboration, defence innovation and superior know-how, coaching, training and doctrine, particular operations and interoperability, cyber house, counterterrorism”. It comes at a time the UAE has been trying to cut back its reliance on conventional Western suppliers underneath a diversification technique and an intent to protect its strategic autonomy.Speaking about defence cooperation, the 2 leaders highlighted a deep respect for one another’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the significance of strategic autonomy, in line with a joint assertion.“They acknowledged regular and robust bilateral defence and safety cooperation as a core pillar of the Complete Strategic Partnership. They welcomed the momentum generated by the latest change of visits by the respective service chiefs and commanders of the military, navy and air drive of each international locations, and the profitable conduct of bilateral navy workouts,” stated the joint assertion. The international secretary stated the defence settlement was a pure evolution from the already appreciable defence cooperation between the 2 international locations and never essentially a response to any particular occasion that will have taken place within the area.The leaders additionally reiterated their “unequivocal condemnation” of terrorism in all its varieties and manifestations, together with cross-border terrorism, and emphasised that no nation ought to present secure haven to those that finance, plan, help or commit terrorist acts. Al Nahyan was visiting India weeks after his go to to Pakistan late final 12 months.Modi and Al Nahyan mentioned the India-Center East-Europe Hall (IMEC) initiative, reaffirming their dedication to the venture which, as they agreed within the joint assertion, could be of nice strategic significance and would considerably improve the circulate of commerce and vitality between India, the Center East and Europe. Whereas there was no point out of Gaza within the joint assertion, Misri stated each leaders mentioned the scenario there within the assembly together with different regional and international points.Either side additionally introduced establishing of workplaces and operations of UAE corporations – First Abu Dhabi Financial institution (FAB) and DP World – within the GIFT Metropolis in Gujarat. The leaders additionally agreed to discover the potential for establishing Digital Embassies underneath mutually recognised sovereignty preparations. In line with the joint assertion, the partnership for Dholera particular funding area would come with the event of key strategic infrastructure, together with a world airport, a pilot coaching college, a upkeep, restore and overhaul (MRO) facility, a greenfield port, a wise city township, railway connectivity and vitality infrastructure.