India and UAE Expand Strategic Partnership In Energy, Defence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed met in New Delhi for a 3.5-hour summit that produced agreements to expand cooperation in defence, artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, and LNG supply. They agreed to a long-term annual supply of 0.5 million metric tonnes of LNG and set a target to double bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2032, while pursuing supercomputing and defence-manufacturing ties amid regional tensions.