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A picture of Crown Prince MBS met PM Modi, who came to India during the G20 Summit in New Delhi in 2023.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive on a 2 -day Saudi Arabia tour on Tuesday i.e. Tuesday. This is the first Saudi journey in his third term. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) invited PM Modi to come to Saudi.
Modi will reach the city of Jeddah in Saudi on 22 April. Crown will then meet Prince. The two leaders can sign the MoU regarding yoga, media, entertainment and sports.
After this, on April 23, on April 23, Modi will meet Indian laborers in a Saudi factory. Let us know that a total of 92 lakh Indians work in the Middle East, of which about 27 lakhs work in Saudi.
What issues can be talked about …
Conflict in Middle East- There may be talks between PM Modi and MBS on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine and an attack on ships on ships in Red C.
Indian citizens lodged in Saudi jails- According to the government, more than 10,000 Indians are currently lodged in foreign jails. The maximum 2633 Indians are imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, while 2518 Indians are closed in UAE.
Defense Cooperation and Energy Security- Saudi Arabia is India’s third largest crude oil and LPG supplier. Modi’s visit to Riyadh in April 2016 has increased mutual cooperation in political, economic, security and defense matters. This journey of Modi can lead to further boom.
IMEEC (India-Medil East-Europe Economic Corridor)- This corridor corridor starting from Mumbai will be 6 thousand km long. It includes 3500 km of sea route. After the formation of the corridor, there will be about 40% of the time to deliver goods from India to Europe. However, this project is not moving forward due to tension in the middle East.
Free-trade agreement- Prince Salman’s visit to India was talked about free trade agreement between the two countries. Modi’s visit can also talk prominently on this issue. In the year 2023-24, India imported a product of about Rs 1 lakh crore to Saudi.
This third Saudi visit by PM Modi This is Prime Minister Modi’s third Saudi visit. Earlier, he went to Saudi in 2016 and 2019. Whereas MBS has so far visited India in 2019 and 2023. MBS had a plan to visit India in 2022, but the tour was averted due to busy schedule.
There are 1947 diplomatic relations between the two countries, they were converted into strategic relations in 2010. Since the beginning of 2024, there have been 11 ministerial journeys of Saudi Arabia from India so far. Whereas Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister and Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources visited India in November 2024 and February 2025 respectively.
In the pictures, Modi’s Saudi and Crown Prince Salman’s visit to India …
2016- PM Modi was awarded the country’s highest civilian honor King Abdulazes Sash during the Saudi Arabia visit.
2019- PM Modi signed a strategic partnership council agreement with Crown Prince Salman on a Saudi visit.
2019- MBS visited India, when PM Modi broke the protocol and received them at the airport.
2023- MBS came to India to attend the G-20 conference held in New Delhi.
India’s fifth big business Partner Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is India’s fifth largest trading partner, while India is the second largest trading partner in Saudi Arabia. In the financial year 2023-24, the bilateral trade of both countries has reached $ 43 billion.
Saudi Arabia is also India’s third largest crude oil and LPG supplier. In 2023-24, Saudi gave India 33.35 million metric tons of crude oil and 18.2% of India’s LPG import.
India’s trade of $ 161 billion from GCC, its headquarters in Saudi There is also a very good relationship with the Gulf Cooperation Council of India. Its headquarters are in Saudi’s capital Riyadh. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar co-chair the first Indo-GCC ministerial meeting in September 2024, which strengthened the regional diplomatic relations.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an organization of Gulf countries. This includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. In the year 2022-23, India has a turnover of more than $ 161.59 billion with GCC countries.