Abu Dhabi, May 14 -- India's Ambassador to the UAE Deepak Mittal said the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly boosted bilateral trade and investment ties, with trade crossing the USD 100 billion mark for the second consecutive year.

Speaking to ANI ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UAE, Mittal said CEPA, signed in 2022, had become a strong framework for expanding economic engagement between the two countries.

"You know CEPA- Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. We entered in 2022, and if I recall, it was the first kind of a free trade or comprehensive economic partnership agreement which India entered with a country outside," M...