22-04-2025
Bilateral Talks, Strategic Partnership Council Meet: State-Run Saudi Press Agency Spotlights PM Modi's Visit
The Prime Minister decided to cut short his Saudi Arabia visit and return home on Tuesday night following the Pahalgam terror attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit was the focus of state-run Saudi Press Agency, which shared details and photographs of bilateral discussions and the meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council.
PM Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam as they co-chaired the Strategic Partnership Council, aimed at further strengthening the friendship between the two countries.
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The Prime Minister, who arrived in Jeddah on Tuesday on a two-day visit, delayed his scheduled meeting with the Crown Prince by at least two hours to assess the situation in Kashmir, where terrorists killed 28 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.
PM Modi, who held bilateral talks with the Saudi Crown Prince, skipped an official dinner and decided to cut short his visit and return home on Tuesday night. He was originally scheduled to return to India on Wednesday night.
Earlier, the Prime Minister was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Al Salam Palace (Palace of Peace), where he was received by Crown Prince Mohammed. The two leaders hugged as they greeted each other, according to the photographs shared by the Saudi Press Agency.
It was followed by detailed bilateral discussions and the meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council, which was established during the prime minister's 2019 visit to strengthen bilateral ties.
After the talks, India and Saudi Arabia signed some memoranda of understanding (MoUs).
This was the Prime Minister's third visit to the Gulf Kingdom and the first one to the historic city of Jeddah.
'This visit will strengthen the friendship between India and Saudi Arabia", Modi earlier posted on X in English and Arabic.
As a special gesture, the prime minister's aircraft was escorted by F-15s of the Royal Saudi Air Force in Saudi airspace. The gesture was seen as a deepening of defence cooperation between the two countries.
(With PTI inputs)
