Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates. He will inaugurate the newly constructed Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi tomorrow.
Earlier today he addressed the Indian community at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This program was named ‘Ahlan Modi’. In Arabic language ‘Ahlan Modi’ means ‘Hello Modi’.
In his address, while PM Modi enumerated the achievements of his 10 years of government work, he also narrated the story of the generosity of United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Nahyan.
Addressing the Indians, the PM said that in 2015, when I, on behalf of all of you, presented the proposal of a temple in Abu Dhabi to President Nahyan, he said yes without wasting even a moment. According to PM Modi Nahyan had then said, ‘I will give you the land on which you will draw a line.’
In the ‘Ahlan Modi’ program, PM Modi said that today the world is looking at India as ‘Vishwa Bandhu’.
He said that today India’s voice is heard on every major platform of the world, wherever there is a crisis, India’s name comes among the first countries to reach there. PM said, ‘Today’s strong India stands with its people at every step.’
He said, India has become the second largest economy from 11th and this has been possible due to new ideas and new innovations.
PM Modi said that the historic time has come for the inauguration of the grand divine temple in Abu Dhabi. India-UAE friendship is as strong on land as it is waving in space too.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan launched the UPI RuPay card service here on Tuesday.
President Nahyan ‘swiped’ a card emblazoned with his name as he kicked off the service in Abu Dhabi. Modi told President Nahyan, ‘We are ushering in a new fintech era with the launch of my UPI RuPay card and your Jaiwan card.’ He called it a big achievement.
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that on this occasion both the leaders also witnessed several bilateral agreements. This includes an agreement on linking instant payment platforms – UPI (India) and ANI (UAE).
This will provide hassle-free cross-border transactions to the people of both the countries. Another agreement to integrate domestic debit/credit cards was signed between Rupay (India) and Jaywan (UAE). This will help in increasing the acceptance of RuPay in UAE.