PoliticalSign formal agreement2026-05-15🇦🇪

Modi and UAE President sign new energy and defense pacts during UAE visit

source: India -> target: United Arab Emirates

On 2026-05-15, India and the United Arab Emirates signed the Framework for the Strategic Defence Partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Abu Dhabi. The visit also included new energy and investment initiatives, but the clearest discrete political event was the formal defense agreement overseen by Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The pact was presented as part of a broader bilateral strategic partnership.

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