External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Libyan Foreign Minister Eltaher S.M. Elbaour in New Delhi to discuss enhancing collaboration in trade, business, infrastructure, and energy sectors. Elbaour updated Jaishankar on the current situation in Libya. Elbaour, on his first visit to India, arrived in New Delhi to participate in the India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal welcomed Elbaour, highlighting the positive impact of his attendance at the upcoming India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. India is gearing up to host the 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on January 31, with the participation of Foreign Ministers from various Arab League Member States and the Arab League Secretary General. The meeting aims to strengthen existing cooperation and broaden the partnership.
The India-Arab Foreign Ministers Meeting serves as a crucial platform for fostering the partnership between India and the League of Arab States, formalized through an MoU signed in March 2002. The establishment of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum was initiated during the visit of the then Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa to India in December 2008, further revised in 2013 for organizational enhancements. India, as an Observer to the League of Arab States, collaborates with the pan-Arab body consisting of 22 member States.
