Jaishankar holds meeting with India’s envoys to Gulf nations
India, Kuwait signal MoU that may give Indian staff better authorized safety in Kuwait
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has held a meeting with India’s envoys to the Gulf nations to focus on a number of points, together with encouraging speedy resumption of flights to this area and facilitating reuniting households separated by Covid disruption.
Mr. Jaishankar, who arrived right here on his first bilateral go to to the oil-rich Gulf nation early on Thursday, additionally unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi on the Indian Embassy in Kuwait in presence of the ambassadors.
“Chaired a fruitful meeting of Indian Ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain today,” the External Affairs minister tweeted.
“Discussions focused on ensuring utmost welfare of the Indian community in respective jurisdictions, facilitating reuniting of families separated by Covid disruption, interceding for early return of Indian talent and skills who left the Gulf during the pandemic, encouraging the speedy resumption of flights to Gulf destinations to help NRIs and strongly push our trade interests that contribute to economic recovery at home,” he mentioned in a sequence of tweets.
Mr. Jaishankar additionally exuded confidence that the ambassadors and embassies will ship on these priorities.
Earlier within the day, he held “productive discussions” with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Thursday throughout which the 2 sides mentioned a spread of points together with well being, meals, schooling, vitality, digital and enterprise cooperation.
Protection to Indian staff
The two sides additionally signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that may give Indian staff better authorized safety in Kuwait.
There are over 10 lakh Indians residing in Kuwait. India is amongst the most important buying and selling companions of Kuwait and Kuwait is a serious provider of oil for India.
Mr. Jaishankar, who’s carrying a private letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, additionally referred to as on Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
“Conveyed our felicitations on the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Appreciated his commitment to taking our partnership to higher levels. Our historical ties have been reinforced through our joint fight against COVID19,” Mr. Jaishankar tweeted.
His go to comes almost three months after the 2 international locations determined to set up a joint ministerial fee to formulate a framework to strengthen ties in sectors like vitality, commerce, funding, manpower and labour and data know-how.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed visited India in March throughout which each side determined to arrange the joint fee.
The yr 2021-22 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between India and Kuwait.
Kuwait has been supporting India in dealing with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic by supplying aid materials in addition to medical oxygen. Indian Navy ships have introduced a big amount of medical oxygen from Kuwait in the previous few weeks.