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{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox bilateral relations
| India–United Arab Emirates
| India
| United Arab Emirates
| map=India United Arab Emirates Locator.svg
| mission1=Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi
| mission2=Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, New Delhi
| envoytitle1=[[List of ambassadors of India to the United Arab Emirates|Ambassador]]
| envoy1= Pavan Kapoor
| envoytitle2=[[Ambassador]]
| envoy2= Ahmed Al-Banna
}}
'''India–United Arab Emirates relations''' refers to the bilateral relations that exist between the [[Republic of India]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]]. Indians also make up the largest minority ethnic group in the UAE making up roughly 38% of UAE's total residents.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 August 2015|title=How India, UAE looked beyond Pak to forge a new partnership|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/looking-beyond-pakistan-india-and-the-uae-forge-a-new-partnership/}}</ref>

== Country comparison ==

{| class="wikitable"
!
!{{flagicon|India}} '''India'''
!{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} '''United Arab Emirates'''
|-
|'''Emblem'''
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|143x143px]]
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Emblem of the United Arab Emirates.svg|125x125px]]
|-
|'''Population'''
|1,352,642,280 (2018 estimate)
|9,890,400 (2020 estimate)
|-
|'''Area'''
|3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)
|83,600 km2 (32,300 sq mi)
|-
|'''Population density'''
|409.2/km2 (1,059.8/sq mi)
|99/km2 (256.4/sq mi)
|-
|'''Capital'''
|[[New Delhi]]
|[[Abu Dhabi]]
|-
|'''Largest city'''
|[[Mumbai]] – 12,478,447 (20,748,395 Metro)
|[[Dubai]] – 3,331,420 (~4,000,000 Metro)
|-
|'''Government'''
|[[Federation|Federal]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[constitutional]] [[republic]]
|[[Federal monarchy|Federal]] [[Elective monarchy|elective]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
|-
|'''Current Leader'''
|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]
|President [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
Prime Minister [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]
|-
|'''Official languages'''
|[[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
|[[Arabic]]
|-
|'''Main religions'''
|79.8% [[Hinduism in India|Hinduism]], 14.2% [[Islam in India|Islam]], 2.3% [[Christianity in India|Christianity]], 1.7% [[Sikhism in India|Sikhism]], 0.7% [[History of Buddhism in India|Buddhism]], 0.4% [[Jainism in India|Jainism]], 0.23% [[Irreligion in India|Unaffiliated]], 0.65% others
|76% [[Islam]], 13% [[Christianity]], 7% [[Hinduism]], 2% [[Buddhism]], 1% Other, 1% [[Irreligion in the United Arab Emirates|None]]
|-
|'''Ethnic groups'''
|75% [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryan]], 25% [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]], 5%[[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]], [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tai-Kadai languages|Tai-Kadai]] and others
|11.6% [[Emiratis|Emirati Arab]], 59.4% [[South Asia]]n (38.2% [[Indians in the United Arab Emirates|Indian]], 27.4% [[Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates|Pakistani]], 12.5% [[Bangladeshis in the Middle East|Bangladeshi]]), 7.4% [[Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates#Egyptians|Egyptian]], 6.1% [[Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates|Filipino]], 12.8% Others
|-
|'''[[Immigration]]'''
|12,470 [[Emiratis]] in India
|3,420,000 [[Indians in the United Arab Emirates|Indians in the UAE]]
|-
|'''GDP (nominal)'''
|US$3.050 trillion ($2,191 [[per capita]]) (2021)
|US$401.513 billion ($41,476 [[per capita]]) (2021)
|}

==History==

=== Early years ===
Since 3000 B.C, relations between [[India]] and the seven emirates which now make up the [[United Arab Emirates]] were traditionally close. The UAE and India had enjoyed close and friendly ties based on historic and cultural ties. People-to-people contacts and barter trade for clothes and spices from India in exchange for dates and pearls from the region have existed for centuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indembassyuae.org/induae_bilatera|title=StackPath|website=www.indembassyuae.org|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> After the creation of the Federation in 1971, India-UAE relations flourished. Today UAE and India share political, economical, and cultural links. There are over a million [[Indians in the United Arab Emirates]], being by far the largest migrant group in the country.[1]

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] visited Abu Dhabi in March 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khaleej Times|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=business&xfile=data/business/2007/june/business_june186.xml}}</ref> On 16 August 2015, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] began a two-day visit to the UAE, the first state visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in 34 years.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 August 2015|title=First visit to a Gulf Arab nation: At UAE grand mosque, Modi hails 'peace, harmony inherent in Islam'|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pm-narendra-modi-arrives-in-uae-for-two-day-visit/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Desk|first=Internet|date=16 August 2015|title=Path of terror will never benefit anyone: Modi|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/live-prime-minister-narendra-modi-at-abu-dhabi/article7546622.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2015|title=Narendra Modi leaves for his two-day maiden visit to UAE|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/narendra-modi-leaves-for-his-two-day-maiden-visit-to-uae-1040418.html}}</ref> In 2018, a [[Memorandum of understanding|Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)]] was signed between [[India]] and the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] on Technical Cooperation in the [[Rail transport|Rail]] Sector. It provided a platform for [[Indian Railways]] to interact and share their latest developments and knowledge in the railway sector.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 April 2018|title=India-UAE: Cabinet approves MoU on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector {{!}} Current Affairs Today|url=https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/india-uae-cabinet-approves-mou-technical-cooperation-rail-sector-04201853994.html|access-date=2018-04-15|website=currentaffairs.gktoday.in}}</ref> On 18 August 2018, Modi described Sheikh Mohammed's humanitarian support for those affected by the [[2018 Kerala floods|Kerala floods that year]] as "[reflecting] the special ties between governments and people of India and UAE".<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Gulf News]]|url=https://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/uae-expats-help-kerala-victims-through-social-media-1.2267882|date=18 August 2018|title=UAE expats help Kerala victims through social media}}</ref> On 6 August 2019, the UAE backed the decision of the Indian government to pursue passage of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019|2019 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill]], with the UAE's Ambassador to India stating: "We expect that the changes would improve social justice and security and confidence of the people in the local governance and will encourage further stability and peace."<ref>{{cite news|work=[[India Today]]|date=6 August 2019|title=UAE backs India on Article 370, says Kashmir its internal matter|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/article-370-jammu-kashmir-uae-ambassador-dr-al-banna-1577918-2019-08-06}}</ref>

==Economic Relations==
The UAE is India's top trading partner in the entire West Asia and North Africa region. According to journalist Ravi S. Jha, Indian exports to the UAE account for 6% of India's global exports. In 2008–09, India emerged as the largest trade partner of the UAE with bilateral trade between the two countries exceeding $44.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/general/india-s-economic-resilience-impresses-mohammed|title=India's Economic Resilience Impresses Mohammed|last=Jha|first=Ravi S.|website=Khaleej Times|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> In 2018–19, India-UAE bilateral trade grew by over 20% and India's exports to UAE grew by 7% whereas the UAE's exports to India surged by 37% to reach US$29.78 billion.<ref>https://commerce-app.gov.in/ftpa/default.asp</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roseberry|first=Eric|last2=Quartet|first2=Suk|last3=Trio|first3=Suk|last4=Panenka|first4=Jan|last5=Stepan|first5=Pavel|last6=Suk|first6=Josef|date=January 1994|title=Suk: Chamber Works|journal=The Musical Times|volume=135|issue=1811|pages=48|doi=10.2307/1002849|issn=0027-4666|jstor=1002849}}</ref>

== Security Relations ==
Since 2014, India has worked with UAE on various counter-terrorism issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/india-gulf-counterterrorism-cooperation|title=India Gulf Counter-Terrorism Cooperation|last=Siyech|first=Mohammed Sinan|date=December 21, 2017|website=Middle East Institute}}</ref> In December 2020, Indian authorities in coordination with UAE had foiled a Pakistani [[Inter Services Intelligence|ISI]] backed-terrorist attack in Delhi. The arrested terrorists consisted of 2 [[Khalistan movement|Khalistani]] and 3 [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] members. The head of the [[Terror cell|cell]] was arrested in UAE and deported to India.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/isi-man-nabbed-in-delhi-after-his-arrival-from-uae/amp_articleshow/80054959.cms|title=ISI man nabbed in Delhi after his arrival from UAE|date=1 January 2021|publisher=Times Of India}}</ref> On 4 March 2018, the [[Indian Coast Guard]] and Emirati special forces collaborated in a successful operation, requested by Emirati Prime Minister Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], and approved by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], to intercept a yacht carrying [[Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum]].<ref>{{cite news|date=28 April 2018|title=India's Modi authorized capture of runaway Dubai princess, newspaper claims|work=[[Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/28/indias-modi-authorized-capture-of-runaway-dubai-princess-newspaper-claims/?noredirect=on}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Foreign relations of India}}
{{Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:India - United Arab Emirates Relations}}
[[Category:India–United Arab Emirates relations| ]]
[[Category:Bilateral relations of India|United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Bilateral relations of the United Arab Emirates]]

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