Saudi FM Prince Saud in India for India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council
By Priti Prakash | PUBLISHED: 13, Nov 2024, 20:19 pm IST | UPDATED: 13, Nov 2024, 20:29 pm IST
New Delhi: In New Delhi on an official visit Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia held talks with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. During the meeting, both sides discussed avenues to strengthen the Strategic Partnership between India and Saudi Arabia in the areas including trade, investment, energy, defence, security, culture and consular matters. They also exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interest.
The two ministers co-chaired the second ministerial meeting of the Political, Security, Social and Cultural Committee (PSSC) of the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council (SPC) during which they reviewed the progress in the bilateral relationship since the State Visit of Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to India in September 2023.
EAM expressed his appreciation to the Saudi Foreign Minister for the welfare of the 2.65 million strong Indian community living in the Kingdom who have contributed to the strong people to people ties between the two countries.
Dr Jaishankar in his Twitter handle said, 'Delighted to co-chair along with FM @FaisalbinFarhan of Saudi Arabia the 2nd Meeting of the Committee on Political, Security, Social and Cultural Cooperation #PSSC under our Strategic Partnership Council in Delhi today.
'Held productive discussions on our multi-faceted bilateral ties including defence partnership, security cooperation, trade & investment, culture, tourism & youth exchanges and our people to people connections.
'We also exchanged views on regional and international issues, especially the ongoing conflict in West Asia and our joint efforts in various multilateral fora.'
