India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for his third visit as a premiere of the oil-rich Gulf Kingdom.
Modi traveled a day after a high level of talks with American vice -president JD Vance in India, looking for a business deal with Washington with New Delhi and looking for a punishment for tariffs.
Modi said in a statement issued by his office, “India has given importance to its long and historical relations with Saudi Arabia, which have gained strategic depth and speed in recent years.”
“Together, we have developed a mutually beneficial and important partnership.”
Pictures posted on Modi’s X account revealed that after touching Jeddah in the afternoon, many Saudi officials are being congratulated.
India and Saudi Arabia are searching for joint projects in refineries and petrochemicals, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Arab news In an interview, because he started a two -day visit to the country on Tuesday.
He said, “We are now working on feasibility studies for power grid interconnection between India and Saudi Arabia and wide regions,” he said.
Saudi Arabia has been a leading supplier of oil for India for the most populous countries in the world.
India’s rapidly developing economy depends a lot on petroleum imports, with Saudi Arabia as its third largest supplier according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
The Gulf Kingdom is also home to more than two million Indian citizens who have played an important role in their labor market for a long time, which helps to build several mega-procts of the country while sending billions of dollars back home every year back home.
During the two -day visit, Modi is scheduled to meet members of the Indian community according to his office.
Both Modi and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a close relationship with US President Donald Trump during their first term in the office.
Trump visited Saudi Arabia next month as to what his first major diplomatic visit for his second term.
