India’s relations with the Arab league is likely to get a boost with the signing of two new agreements during the visit of 22-member grouping’s chief Nabil el-Araby to New Delhi.
During his three-day visit beginning Tuesday, Araby will meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Vice President Hamid Ansari. Araby, the former foreign minister of Egypt, was the Egyptian Ambassador to India in the early 1980s.This will be his first visit to India since assuming the post of Secretary General of the Arab league.
The agreements —Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) and Executive Programme (EP) — will represent a significant upgrade in the relationship between India and the Arab league.