The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to start a two -day visit to Saudi Arabia since today’s 22nd April at the invitation of the Crown Prince of Mohammed Bin Salman. This will be the third visit to PM Modi in the country, after earlier visits to Riyadh in 2016 and 2019.
During the visit, Modi meets Salman in Jeddah, “to further deepen and strengthen” ties between the two nations, the Ministry of External Affairs said last week in a statement.
The visit comes after Salman visited the new Delhi in September 2023 during the G20 summit and also chaired the first meeting of the Council for Strategic Partnership in India, India, Saudi Arabia.
What’s on the program?
The Indian Ambassador to Suhel Ajaz Khan told the press agency that Modi, together with the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin, Salman Salman chairman of the Jeddah Strategic Partnership Council.
He said that the “large” number of mous and economic, defensive partnerships and political relations between the two countries will also be discussed during a “extremely significant” visit to PM from 22 April to April 23.
“There is a Council for Strategic Partnership between India and Saudi Arabia. So the leaders, the honorary Prime Minister and its royal highness of the Crown Prince, will be chaired by the Council for a Strategic Partnership. On our way, a large number of capes will be discussed.” KH, “KH,” Khonity earn, “Khonu earn an anima,” Khana’s publishing aur.
The Indian ambassador said it would be the first time PM Modi visited Jeddah. His previous two visits were in Riyadh, he said.
“The importance of linking between India and Saudi Arabia, because for centuries Jeddah has been a port for our pilgrims who come for the UMRU and Hajj to come to Saudi Arabia,” he added.
Israel-Palestine conflict
Foreign Minister Vikram Misri said during a special press briefing last week that the visit would provide an important opportunity to discuss key regional and global issues. These include the situation in West Asia, the conflict of Israel-Palestine and threats for naval safety due to Houthi attacks, said
Misri also said that India and Saudi Arabia would probably deepen his defense cooperation and expand his economic ties. At present, bilateral trade between the two countries is awarded around $ 43 billion.
Visiting PM Modi is considered to be a significant step in strengthening Indian ties not only with Saudi Arabia, but with the whole bay and the Islamic world.
Former Foreign Minister Harsh Vardhan Rekringl noted that, according to PM Modi’s leadership, India-Saudi’s relations have seen a major transformation that helped a strong personal bond with the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
MODI Visit the factory in Jeddah
PM Modi is expected to visit the Jeddah factory where Indian workers are employed. He will communicate with them during his time.
The visit comes at a time when tariffs stored by the American administration Donald Trump forced the country to further strengthen business relations with allies for alternative markets.
Modi also visits Saudi Arabia at a time when his government in India is facing protests over changes in ten -year laws regulating Muslim qualities donated for religious and charity purposes.
2.7 million Indian compatriots in Saudi Arabia
The importance of linking between India and Saudi Arabia, because for centuries Jeddah has been a port for our pilgrims who come for the UMRU and Hajj.
Saudi Arabia, the Indian Fifth largest business partner and home of 2.7 million of its Indian compatriots, play a key role in the global energy landscape.
During the year 2023-24, the trade was $ 25.7 billion between the two nations. Saudi Arabia in India was the third largest source of oil import (14.3% of total imports) and liquefied oil gas (18% of total imports) in the last financial year.
The kingdom plays an important role in the effort to resolve the conflict of Israeli Ham and the war of Russia-Ukraine.
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