India will continue to partner with Arab countries: Harsh Shringla

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has expressed India’s steadfast support for a closer, meaningful and sustained cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the benefit of the region. 

He was speaking at the UNSC briefing on Cooperation between the UN and Regional and Subregional Organisations yesterday. He said India will continue to partner with the Arab countries in their efforts to achieve regional peace, stability, and prosperity.

The Foreign



Secretary said India and the Arab world share a civilizational relationship, underpinned by strong people-to-people relations and commercial and cultural ties. Trade between India and the Arab region through the Indian Ocean had flourished for several centuries even before the advent of modern commerce. Mr Shringla said the Indian rupee was legal tender in parts of the Arab world not very long ago.

Today, countries from the Arab world are host to more than 9 million Indians.