India Saudi Arabia Ties

The visit by the Army chief is seen as a reflection of India's growing strategic ties with the two countries

Haj pilgrims will have to submit Covid-19 negative report 72 hours prior to their journey to Saudi Arabia in 2021, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said

"It is multi-faceted and extensive but the potential is bigger," Bhattacharya said in his keynote address to FICCI on India''s engagement with the Arab world

"Bilateral trade between Saudi Arabia and India has increased significantly in the last two years, from $27 billion in 2018 -19 to $34 billion in 2019-2020"

Modi held a telephonic conversation on Wednesday with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia

It has been learnt that the two types of gun systems - both designed and developed by Kalyani Group - are being sent later this year to Saudi Arabia for trial evaluation

According to the reports, at least 30 nurses from the state had also been kept under isolation at the hospital and they had taken care of a Filipino nurse who had tested positive for the virus.

The world's third-largest energy consumer is 83 per cent dependent on imports to meet its oil needs and about half its gas needs are shipped from abroad

The two sides condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and agreed to step up bilateral security cooperation.

The Prime Minister reiterated his government's commitment to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the Future Investment Initiative, dubbed 'Davos in the desert', in Saudi Arabia

Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its outlook for the world economy, predicting that the growth this year will be the weakest since the 2008 financial crisis

Saudi Arabia is its second-biggest supplier after Iraq. It sold 40.33 million tonnes of crude oil to India in FY19, when the country had imported 207.3 million tonnes of oil

The ministers spoke to each other amidst reports about a possible tie up in the petrochemical and oil refinery sectors between Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil exporter, and RIL

It was also announced that India has decided to extend e-Visa facility to Saudi nationals