New Delhi, Apr 19 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Saudi Arabia from April 22-23, on the invitation of the Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman.

This will be the third visit of Prime Minister Modi to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has previously visited Riyadh in 2016 and 2019.

The visit follows the State Visit of Prince Mohammed bin Salman to New Delhi in September 2023 to attend the G20 Summit, and co-chair the first meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council, a statement said.

India and Saudi Arabia share close and friendly ties with a long history of socio-cultural and trade contacts.

As strategic partners, the two countries share strong bilateral relations across various areas including political, defence, security, trade, investment, energy, technology, health, education, culture and people-to-people ties.

India’s relations with the Kingdom have evolved into a stronger and enduring partnership in the past decade, expanding into many strategic domains, with growing investment commitments, broadening of defence cooperation and intensive high-level exchanges across sectors.

The visit of Prime Minister Modi reflects the importance India attaches to its bilateral relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It will provide an opportunity to further deepen and strengthen our multi-faceted partnership, as well as to exchange views on various regional and international issues of mutual interest, the statement added.

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