The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, arrived at Jeddah from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for his third visit as Prime Minister of the Gulf Kingdom Rico in Petroleum.
The trip comes a day after Modi had high -level conversations with the United States vice president JD Vance in India, with New Delhi seeking to seal a commercial agreement with Washington and avoid punishing rates.
“India deeply values its long and historical ties with Saudi Arabia that have acquired strategic depth and impulse in recent years,” Modi said in a statement published by his office.
“Together, we have developed a mutually beneficial and substantive association.”
The images published in Modi's X account showed that the prime minister was received by several Saudi officials after landing in Jeddah in the afternoon.
India and Saudi Arabia are exploring joint projects in refineries and petrochemicals, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Arab news In an interview, when a two -day visit to the country began on Tuesday.
“Now we are working on viability studies for the interconnectivity of the electricity grid between India and Saudi Arabia and the region in general,” he added.
Saudi Arabia has been a key oil supplier for India, the most populous country in the world, for years.
The rapid development economy of India depends largely on oil imports, with Saudi Arabia classified as its third largest supplier with the greatest major supplier according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India.
The Gulf kingdom also houses more than two million Indian citizens who have long played a fundamental role in their labor market, helping to build many of the country's mega projects while sending billions of dollars in remittances at home every year.
During the two -day visit, Modi is scheduled to meet with members of the Indian community, according to his office.
Both Modi and the heir prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, promoted close relations with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his first term.
Trump has marked a visit to Saudi Arabia next month for what would be his first important diplomatic trip abroad of his second term.
