India-UAE will work to fulfil Indian diaspora’s dreams: Modi

Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India-UAE ties go beyond trade and both countries will work together to fulfil the dreams of the Indian diaspora in the Gulf country.

“I assure you that we will work together to bring to reality the dreams you see, here and in India,” Modi said.

He was addressing hundreds of Indians working in the UAE who had gathered at the iconic Dubai Opera House here to listen to him.

“Our relation with the UAE is not just that of a buyer and a seller. It has become much more,” Modi said in his speech in Hindi.

He thanked the Gulf countries — a home to nearly 3.3 million strong Indian diaspora — for providing them “a home away from home”.

Modi also witnessed through video-conferencing the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway.

The ground-breaking ceremony of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi was live-streamed to the Dubai Opera House.