Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's visit to India saw both sides firming up steps including establishing ship-repair clusters at Kochi and Vadinar and setting up a campus of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in Dubai as part of efforts to boost overall ties

The decisions were announced hours after Al Maktoum held separate meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

It was also decided that the first overseas campus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will be set up in Dubai and that land will be allocated for construction of an India-UAE friendship hospital in the Gulf city, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

The MEA said it was agreed to commence construction work of Bharat Mart and the launch of a 3-D rendering of the Bharat Mart complex

In his meeting with Modi, the Dubai Crown Prince presented the prime minister a replica of his grandfather Sheikh Rashid's bisht (traditional embroidered cloak worn over the Qandura by Arab men) symbolising the historic and generational political friendship between the two countries

In a social media post, PM Modi said Dubai has played a key role in advancing the India-UAE comprehensive strategic partnership