India, UAE sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and 13 other agreements
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NEW DELHI: An umbrella agreement on elevating bilateral ties to a
Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is among 14 agreements signed by
India and the UAE following delegation-level talks between Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh
Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan here on Wednesday.
"New vistas for futuristic partnership! #IndiaUAE sign 14 agreements in
varied fields for enhancing bilateral cooperation," External Affairs
Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.
Though it was already agreed that the relationship between the two
countries would be elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,
Wednesday's agreement is a general framework agreement which highlights
the areas of bilateral cooperation identified under the comprehensive
strategic partnership as agreed upon in the high level joint statements
issued in August 2015 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and in February 2016 during Sheikh Mohamed's
visit to India, according to information released by the External
Affairs Ministry.
A second agreement was signed between Indian Strategic Petroleum
Reserves Limited and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on storage
and management of oil at strategic facilities in India. This agreement
aims to establish a framework for the storage of crude oil by ADNOC in
India and to further strengthen the strategic relationship between the
two countries in the field of energy.
These apart, both sides signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of defence industry.
This MoU aims to establish cooperation in the identified fields of
defence manufacturing and technology, including through studies,
research, development, innovation and cooperation between public and
private sector institutions of the two countries. The two sides will
cooperate in areas of armaments, defence industries and transfer of
technology.
Another MoU was signed on institutional cooperation on maritime
transport which provides a framework for enhancing bilateral maritime
trade ties through facilitating maritime transport, free transfer of
monies between contracting parties and reciprocal recognition of ships'
documents.
A third MoU on mutual recognition of certificates of competency aims to
deepen the maritime economic activities in general by establishing a
framework for Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Competency of marine
officers, engineers and crews.
Other MoUs signed are on bilateral cooperation in road transport and
highways sector, cooperation in preventing and combating human
trafficking, cooperation in the field of small and medium enterprises
and innovation, agriculture and allied sectors, mutual exemption of
entry visa requirements to the holders of diplomatic, special and
official passports, trade remedial measures to promote cooperation in
areas of mutual interest, cooperation in energy efficiency services,
cooperation on programme exchange between Prasar Bharati and Emirates
News Agency (WAM), and on technology development and cooperation in
cyberspace.
Sheikh Mohamed, who arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to
India, will attend the Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest.
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