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Riyadh getting ready to
welcome the Indian Prime Minister:
Hundreds of Saudi and Indian flags have decorated the streets of
Riyadh since Tuesday to welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, reports the leading Saudi
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New Delhi:
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Saudi Arabia
Saturday on a three-day visit during which the two countries will
deepen their strategic relationship, officials here said Friday.
“The visit will provide an opportunity for the two leaders (Manmohan
Singh and Saudi king Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz) to review bilateral
relations and discuss regional and global issues,” Lalitha Reddy,
secretary (east) in the external affairs ministry, said here.
This would be in the spirit of the Delhi Declaration, signed during
King Abdullah’s visit to India in 2006, Reddy said.
The Delhi Declaration charts out a path for expansion of bilateral
ties across a wide range of fields.
Stating that the visit was aimed at reinforcing the strategic
partnership between India and Saudi Arabia, Reddy said: “Several
agreements and MoU (memorandums of understanding) representing a
broad range of cooperation in the areas of security, science and
technology, culture and media will be signed which will further
enrich and institutionalise the strategic objectives and cooperation
between India and Saudi Arabia.”
The Indian delegation will include Minister for Commerce and
Industry Anand Sharma, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam
Nabi Azad and Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.
She said the prime minister had been invited to address the Shoura
Council or Saudi legislature, a honour bestowed on select
dignitaries.
Bilateral trade tripled since the visit of King Abdullah and crossed
$25 billion in 2008-09. “Many Indian companies are active in various
sectors in Saudi Arabia,” Reddy said.
A
25-member delegation of business executives accompanying the prime
minister will talk to Saudi counterparts “to establish mutually
beneficial business partnerships”, Reddy said.
The prime minister will also address Saudi business leaders.
Since King Abdullah’s visit, there have been 19 ministerial-level
visits between the two countries.
According to Reddy, several Saudi ministers will call on the prime
minister in Riyadh.
“The prime minister will also interact with a cross section of the
Indian community in Saudi Arabia, which numbers nearly 1.8 million
and whose role in the development of Saudi Arabia is widely
appreciated,” she said.
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