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2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 2026 Opens in New Delhi

30 January 20261 min read
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS2nd India-ArabForeign Ministers’Meeting 2026 Opensin New Delhi30 January 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

Arab League ministers met in New Delhi for the second India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, amid West Asian tensions.

About the Arab League

  • Est. 22 March 1945; HQ Cairo; 22 members from North Africa and West Asia.
  • 2002 MoU: friendship, institutional dialogue and annual meetings of India’s EAM with the LAS Secretary General.

Engagement frameworks

  • Arab-India Cooperation Forum: created 2008, first met in Manama in 2016.
  • Biennial India-LAS Partnership and Investment Summit; new in 2026: joint chambers of commerce, industry and agriculture.

Partnerships

  • Strategic partners: Oman 2008, UAE 2015, Saudi Arabia 2019, Egypt 2023, Qatar 2025.
  • Shared BRICS and SCO platforms.

Exam angle

  • HQ Cairo, 1945, 22 members; AICF first meeting 2016.

Test yourself

1. Where is the Arab League (League of Arab States) headquartered?

The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

2. The India-Arab League MoU, which institutionalised their dialogue, was signed in which year?

India-LAS engagement was formalised through an MoU in March 2002.

3. Where was the first meeting of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum held in 2016?

AICF, set up in 2008, first met in 2016 at Manama, Bahrain.

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