Indian Population in the Arab world reaches 9mn, says Indian Minister

The resident population of Indians in the Arab world has touched 9 million, an Indian minister said.

The resident population of Indians in the Arab world has touched 9 million, an Indian minister said.

Simultaneously, India’s trade with Arab countries has crossed $240 billion, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, said at the inaugural event of the 6th India-Arab Partnership Conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, WAM reported.

The conference is the outcome of a Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Arab League and India in December 2008 and subsequently renewed periodically. The memorandum established an Arab Indian Cooperation Forum.

The India-Arab Partnership Conference is held alternately in India and an Arab country. It is attended by ministers, senior officials and businesspersons from Arab states and India.

This year’s conference theme was “New Horizons in Investment, Trade and Services.” Organized by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the General Secretariat of the Arab League, it was partnered this year by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Federation of Arab Businessmen, and the Union of Arab Chambers.

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