'Even the poor agree note ban was a great move': Modi tells diaspora in UAE

Modi also thanked the UAE for providing almost 30,00,000 people from India a home like environment, away from home

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India's relations with the UAE was much more than that of a buyer and a seller as he hailed the country's growing ties with the Gulf countries as "deep, broad and vibrant." Addressing the members of the Indian community at the Dubai Opera House here on the second day of his two-day visit to the UAE, Modi said his government was trying to bring India to a global benchmark.

"Today, be it the UAE or other Gulf nations, our relation with them is not just that of a buyer and a seller. It has