Explainer: UAE business delegation visits Kashmir, meets Indian PM

A enterprise delegation from the United Arab Emirates visited the disputed Indian-controlled territory of Jammu and Kashmir Monday and met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

“The delegation could be very enthusiastic about Jammu and Kashmir,” stated Modi, the official Emirates Information Company reported. 

The assembly was a followup to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visiting the Dubai Expo in January. A UAE delegation additionally visited the territory in March, based on the company. 

What’s Jammu and Kashmir? Jammu and Kashmir refers back to the Indian-administered a part of the Kashmir area within the northern a part of the Indian subcontinent. The broader area of Kashmir is disputed between India and Pakistan, and has been because the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 following the top of British rule. 

In 2019, India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomous standing, cracked down on civil liberties and despatched in troops. This fulfilled a promise by Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Occasion. 

The UAE delegation: The Emirati delegation consisted of 12 traders accompanied by UAE ambassador to India Ahmad AlBanna, amongst different officers. They had been scheduled to go to the Pari Mahal mountain palace and take a ship journey within the Dal Lake, The Occasions of India reported.

Final month’s go to consisted of Gulf traders discussing alternatives with Kashmiri enterprise teams, based on the outlet. 

Pakistan: The UAE getting concerned in Kashmir could possibly be a setback for UAE-Pakistan relations. 

“The UAE venturing into Jammu and Kashmir is a sign to Pakistan which has been harping on the propaganda about Kashmir being an issue that must be settled and Muslim nations ought to assist its argument,” Manoj Menon wrote for The EurAsian Occasions in January. 

The UAE and Pakistan get pleasure from cordial relations, and the UAE has sought to enhance the connection in gentle of the US navy defeat in Afghanistan final yr. UAE chief Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan met with Pakistani navy management shortly after the US withdrawal. 

India-UAE relations: India and the UAE have a very good relationship, largely based mostly on financial elements. In Could, the 2 nations will implement an settlement to cut back tariffs and duties in an effort to spice up bilateral commerce. The Emirates can also be a number one vacationer vacation spot for Indians. The UAE’s Gulf ally Saudi Arabia is likewise working to extend commerce with India. 

Know extra: Nearly all of the UAE inhabitants is Muslim, as is the ruling household. In India, Muslims have confronted extreme repression beneath Modi. This has not appeared to have had a adverse impact on UAE-India relations.