PM Modi departs for 2-day Saudi Arabia visit, both the nations likely to ink 6 pacts
PTC News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. PM Modi is visiting Saudi Arabia from April 22 to 23 at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.
Since 2014, PM Modi has transformed the trajectory of India's relations with Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries. This will be PM Modi's third visit to the country, following earlier visits in 2016 and 2019. All other Prime Ministers before him together visited Saudi Arabia three times in seven decades.
This also marks his 15th visit to a country in the Gulf region.
Calling Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman his 'brother', PM Modi said that he looked forward to the second Meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council.
"This will be my third visit to Saudi Arabia over the past decade and a first one to the historic city of Jeddah. I look forward to participating in the second Meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council and build upon the highly successful State visit of my brother His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman to India in 2023," the Prime Minister said.
- ANI
