<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">India-UAE food security partnership</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">UAE’s ambition to strengthen food security will be driven by <strong>India-UAE food security partnership.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose food security has been built on imports from global markets, is now focusing on the <strong>twin objectives of food access and readiness to confront supply chain crises.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">India, <strong>the world’s second-largest food producer,</strong> is an essential partner in the UAE’s ambition to strengthen food security.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The India-UAE food security partnership stands to <strong>benefit from multiple points of convergence.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>India-UAE Relations</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>India and UAE have signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in 2022,</strong> which will help in increasing bilateral trade in goods to $100 bn within five years and trade in services to $15 bn.</li></ul><h3><strong>Trade&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">India-UAE trade is valued at $ 73 billion, making UAE India’s third largest trading partner for the year 2021-22 after the <strong>US and China.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">UAE is India’s second largest export destination (after the US) with an amount of over US$ 28 billion for the year 2021-22.</li></ul><h3><strong>Defense exercise:&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">UAE Air Force has participated in the <strong>Trilateral Air Exercise on Humanitarian Assistance &amp; Disaster Relief (HADR).</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">UAE has also participated as a third partner in <strong>Exercise Varuna, which initially involved India and France.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Air forces of India and UAE participated in the air combat exercise Desert Eagle II.</li><li><strong>UAE is India’s fourth biggest supplier of crude oil,</strong> with India importing 8.8% of its total crude oil from the Gulf Country.</li><li><strong>I2U2: India and UAE have been part of I2U2 </strong>grouping, with Israel and USA being other participants.</li><li>Space: <strong>ISRO launched UAE’s nano-satellite, Nayif-1 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.</strong></li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>