New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- India and the United Arab Emirates are taking decisive steps to scale up bilateral economic engagement and deepen cultural integration, focusing on enhancing direct investment flows and advancing key initiatives such as the proposed "House of India" project in Abu Dhabi.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Monday that the commitments follow wide-ranging high-level discussions in Abu Dhabi between Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and senior leadership of the UAE, during the former's official visit to the country, aimed at reviewing the progress of the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and identifying new avenues for long-term collaboration.

Economic cooperation formed a centrepiece of the di...