VISIT// Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United Arab Emirates in the first Indian prime ministerial visit in over three decades, with boosting trade and investment on top of his agenda. Modi, who was there on a two-day official visit, was received by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the airport and accorded a ceremonial welcome. Modi, the first Indian prime minister to visit the UAE after the 1981 visit of Indira Gandhi, went straight to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the biggest mosque in Abu Dhabi.

Modi also held talks with the UAE leadership on ways to enhance bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation and exchanged views on a variety of regional and international issues of mutual interest. Later, Modi also visited the ICAD Residential City, a labour camp housing about one lakh migrant workers from India and other countries of the subcontinent. Modi interacted with a select group of Indian migrant workers there.