The first Indian Prime Minister in 34 years to visit United Arab Emirates Narendra Modi, was received by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at the airport. In his first day, he visited an iconic mosque in Abu Dhabi which is the third largest in the world.
This mosque is constructed with the marble which brought from all over the world including India. Modi also posed for selfie at the mosque.
Modi speaking about his experience in visiting mosque wrote in the visitor’s book at the Sheikh Zayed mosque that, "This magnificent place of worship strikes you with its size and beauty. It brings together exquisite skills and creations from around the world, and serves as a fine example of human achievements and unity."
Modi in his two day visit to UAE, visited Masdar City today - a zero carbon city and after lunch with the Ruler of Abu Dhabi he will leave for Dubai to address the Indian people living there at a cricket stadium and it is reported that 50,000 people have been registered for the event whereas the capacity of the stadium is 40,000.
Modi met with Indian workers over there and also described that Gulf country is like “mini-India”. About 2.6 million Indians live in the UAE. "India and UAE have everything to be a top priority for each other. This is the way I look at the UAE. The Gulf region is vital for India's economic, energy and security interests," said PM Modi.
Including Business meetings trade and investment and security are the main points in his agenda. UAE Govt had decided to allot land for temple construction, in this regard Modi tweeted that “I am very thankful to the UAE Govt for their decision to allot land in order to build a Temple in Abu Dhabi. This is a great step.”
