Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud immediately within the nationwide capital.
The 2 leaders met on the Hyderabad Home in Delhi. Following this, the 2 leaders began deliberations for the 2nd assembly of the Political, Safety, Social and Cultural Committee of the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council.
Jaishankar shared the preliminary assembly between the 2 leaders on the social media platform, X. In his publish, he welcomed Saudi Arabia’s International Minister Faisal bin Farhan to New Delhi.
He mentioned, “Look ahead to fruitful discussions immediately”.
Saudi International Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, arrived in India on Tuesday night time for his two-day go to.
The Strategic Partnership Council was established in 2019, following the go to of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in October 2019.
The Committee reviewed the progress achieved by the 4 Joint Working Teams: Agriculture and Meals Safety; Vitality; Know-how and Info Know-how; and Business and Infrastructure.
They famous the deepening of the bilateral financial partnership between India and Saudi Arabia and deliberated on methods to reinforce commerce and funding.
India and Saudi Arabia get pleasure from cordial and pleasant relations reflecting the centuries outdated financial and socio-cultural ties.
Their diplomatic relations had been established in 1947. The historic go to of King Abdullah to India in January 2006 was a watershed second that resulted within the signing of the ‘Delhi Declaration’. It was adopted later by the ‘Riyadh Declaration, in 2010, which elevated the bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
The go to of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi to Riyadh in April 2016 captured the spirit of enhanced cooperation within the political, financial, safety and defence realms. Through the go to, King Salman conferred the Kingdom’s highest civilian honor, the King Abdulaziz Sash, on the Hon’ble Prime Minister, indicating the significance Saudi Arabia hooked up to its relations with India.
The go to of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to India in February 2019 additional took ahead this momentum. Through the go to, it was introduced that the Kingdom would make investments roughly USD100 billion in India and 6 MoUs/Agreements had been signed in varied fields, together with funding, tourism, housing, change of audio-visual programmes, and an settlement was signed to pave approach for Saudi Arabia to affix the Worldwide Photo voltaic Alliance.
