India-Saudi Arabia ties have acquired strategic depth, momentum: PM Modi
NEW DELHI, Apr 22 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India deeply values its long and historic ties with Saudi Arabia, asserting that their relations have acquired a strategic depth and momentum in recent years.
In his departure statement ahead of his two-day visit to the kingdom on the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he said both countries have developed a mutually beneficial and substantive partnership, including in the domains of defence, trade, investment, energy and people-to-people ties.
“We have shared interest and commitment to promote regional peace, prosperity, security and stability,” Modi said, noting that it will be his third visit to the country and the first one to the historic city of Jeddah.
