India, April 12 -- India's economic and energy ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the welfare of the four-million-strong Indian community figured in external affairs minister S Jaishankar's meetings with the top leadership of the emirates, including President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Jaishankar is the second Indian minister to travel to West Asia, after petroleum minister Hardeep Puri's visit to Qatar, amid a two-week ceasefire in the Iran-US conflict to shore up energy security and assess the security situation in the region that is a crucial supplier of oil and gas.

On Sunday, Jaishankar met President Mohamed bin Zayed and conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message a...