India, May 23 -- Few relationships in global diplomacy mirror the camaraderie and history that the India-UAE partnership has shown. Over 5,000 years, the monsoon winds stitched together our destinies. Indian traders once set sail from Gujarat's ancient ports with timber and spices, returning with Basra pearl dates. Imagine Indian rupee serving as currency of the Emirates well until the end of the 1960s-a rare alignment of monetary trust that speaks volumes of the intertwined futures we imagined even back then.

Today, this transactional relationship has now matured into a multifaceted partnership with enthusiastic participation of governments from both sides and a number of stakeholders from various sectors. We are building capital corrid...