Historians will record Modi’s two-day visit to the UAE and Dubai as a landmark in opening up his country of 1.25 billion people to incredible investment by the Emirates. To two main categories of people in the Emirates, Modi’s visit has brought immeasurable cheer. First is the 2.7 lakh strong Indian industrial work force most of them labourers, factory workers, wage earners and office goers who earn their wages through honest labour, and in the process, have helped build the Sheikhdoms brick by brick. The second category of beneficiaries is of the investors in the Gulf who have the capital and now have the opportunities of investing it in a mega investment venture. Therefore, the most important takeaway of the Prime Minister’s visit is that it will open this door of foreign direct investment towards India.
Earlier there were investors from the developed world to manage the Gulf capital but after 9/11, deep insecurity and uncertainty engulfed the Gulf Cooperative Council investors, chasing them away, and left the Emirates with burgeoning capital in their coffers. When the PM of a country of the size of India came on a visit, it gave Arab investors huge sense of hope.
Another important takeoff from PM’s two-day memorable visit is his jaunt to the fabulous mosque of Abu Dhabi. Thousands of Indian Muslims, Shias, Sunnis, Bohras Deobandis, Barelvis, Salfis, Biharis, Bengalis, Keralites and from so many corners of India, one and all were euphoric to welcome him and broke into thunderous slogans of Modi, Modi, Modi. Is it not a prelude to a new pattern of relationship between al-Hind and the Arab and the Muslim world? All praise should go to the visionary Prime Minister who has steered the ship of the state through the turbulent current of contemporary times with his flawless merit of statesman
No less significant is the clarion call rising from the spacious cricket ground of the Emirates to the perpetrators of inter-state and international terrorism that it has to pull down the shutters of its terror shops. The final call has been given and the time for follow up action is very short. The UAE will cooperate with India in proposing a Convention at the UN aimed at curbing terrorism through collective effort of the international community. This is a great success in motivating entire world community into adequate action against the engines of terror. And last but not the least, here in the UAE, we have now a very forthcoming and committed constituency that supports reforms in the UN and permanent membership of the Security Council for the Republic of India. UAE has opened new path for the entire Arab world to shape their foreign policy in a new scenario of international relations.
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