India has hosted a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to deepen trade, energy and strategic cooperation
ByRAJESH ROY Associated Press
January 31, 2026, 8: 47 AM
NEW DELHI — India hosted a meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Saturday in a concerted push to deepen engagement in trade, energy and strategic cooperation as tensions rise in the Middle East.
India and the United Arab Emirates co-chaired the talks, with foreign ministers and senior officials from all 22 Arab League member states attending. It was the first such gathering in New Delhi that followed a decadelong hiatus since the inaugural forum was held in Bahrain in 2016.
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said in his opening remarks that the global order was undergoing a transfo