PM Modi UAE visit LIVE: PM Modi embarks on six-day visit to UAE, 4 European nations

India is ready to extend all possible support to bring peace in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (May 15) during his talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The Modi-Al Nahyan meeting took place shortly after the Prime Minister landed in the Gulf nation in the first leg of his five-nation tour that also includes four European countries.

India ready to extend all possible support for peace in West Asia: PM Modi in UAE

PM Modi pledges India's support for peace in West Asia during talks with UAE President amid regional tensions.

PM Narendra Modi in a post on X says, “Had excellent discussions with my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Reiterated our strongest condemnation of the attacks on the UAE. Also appreciated my brother’s leadership, courage and wisdom, which have been evident throughout this period. Expressed gratitude for his care and concern for the Indian community in the UAE.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s engagements in the UAE have concluded. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will see off PM Modi shortly. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post on X, “I extend my thanks to my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, for his gracious gesture in receiving me at Abu Dhabi Airport.”

PM Modi, who held talks with the UAE President, condemned the attacks on the country amid the West Asia war. He said the impact of the conflict is being felt globally, and added that “India is ready to extend all possible support to bring peace”.

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India and the ⁠United Arab Emirates (UAE) have ‌signed pacts ‌on ‌strategic ⁠defence ⁠cooperation, petroleum reserves and supply ‌of liquefied petroleum gas, an official said ⁠on Friday (May 15, 2026). 

The pacts ‌were signed during PM Modi’s visit to the ⁠UAE.

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In his delegation-level talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, PM Narendra Modi says, “I used to keep speaking to you over the phone,but I was very eager to meet you in person...”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being accorded a guard of honour as he lands in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on the first leg of his 5-nation visit.

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UAE F16 jets escort PM Modi’s plane as it enters the UAE airspace. 

While the Russia-Ukraine war shows no sign of abatement, another major crisis in West Asia has hit the global economy. This war has disrupted production, storage, and transport of various energy products including crude oil, natural gas and fertilisers, and has led to supply disruptions and increase in sectoral prices. There is a serious, although partial, blockade of the Strait of Hormuz thereby restricting the passage of crude oil, gas and other petroleum products as well as other goods. Even if matters get resolved in the near future, it may take considerable time for the normalisation of the supply chain. However, even the temporary ceasefire that has been agreed to has brought down the Brent crude oil price from $109.3 per barrel as on April 7 and 8, to about $95.

India ‘concluded’ a ‘historic’ Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday (January 27, 2026), announcing the end of negotiations that began nearly two decades ago and were revived in 2022.

Speaking at the end of delegation-level talks with the visiting EU leaders—European Council president Antonio Luis Santos da Costa and European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen—Mr. Modi said that alongside the ‘ambitious FTA’, India was also entering into a new Security and Defence Partnership and a system of mobility that would allow secure and legal movement of Indians to the EU region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates is “very significant”, coming in the backdrop of what is happening in West Asia, former Indian Ambassador to the UAE Sanjay Sudhir has said, noting that it is a strong symbol of support.

In an interview with ANI, Sanjay Sudhir also spoke about expectations from the visit in terms of boosting India’s energy security and likely talks for augmenting supplies of LPG and LNG.

He also spoke about the UAE planning to expand its crude production to 5 million barrels a day by 2027, following its decision to quit OPEC and the likelihood of Indian companies talking to those in the Gulf country for long-term contracts.

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UAE Minister Reem Al Hashimy has emphasised the deep people-to-people contacts between her country and India, saying every Emirati probably will have “some connection with India” one way or the other.

In an interview with ANI ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, she said trade between India and the UAE has been a significant part of the relationship, whether it is in terms of clothes or spices the future cannot be without a strong India and a strong UAE.

She also spoke of respect in the two countries for traditional medicine knowledge and of bilateral ties going from strength to strength.

“If I ask any Emirati, you will probably find that they have had some connection to India in one way or another. I have a few members of my family who always go to India for treatment, who rely very much on Indian knowledge of herbs, and they compare that to our own knowledge of herbs, because Emiratis also have such a strong foundational respect for traditional medicine, like you do as well,” she said.

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India and the United Arab Emirates are expected to firm up two significant agreements to boost cooperation in areas of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and strategic petroleum reserves during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Gulf nation on May 15, authoritative sources said on Wednesday (May 13, 2026).

The key focus of Mr. Modi’s trip to the UAE will be to enhance India’s energy security, they said.

The Prime Minister will be in the Gulf nation for around four hours before embarking on a five-day four-nation tour of Europe.

The visit comes days after the UAE announced quitting the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC, a major grouping of the world’s top oil exporters.

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