On his two-day visit to India, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the release of 850 Indian prisoners lodged in Saudi jails on Prime Minister Modi’s request, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet on Wednesday, 20 February.
Kumar also said that the Crown Prince has declared the increase in quota for Indian Haj pilgrims to 2,00,000.
PM Modi and the Crown Prince issued a joint statement on Wednesday, 20 February in which the two leaders brought up the Pulwama terror attack saying that they have agreed that there is a need to put pressure on countries harbouring terrorism.
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged to invest $100 billion in India
- Saudi Arabia’s MoS for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said that Riyadh will try to “de-escalate” tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack
- Saudi Arabia and Pakistan called for avoiding “politicisation” of the UN listing regime at a time when India is stepping up its efforts to brand JeM’s Masood Azhar as a global terrorist
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Crown Prince Announces Release of 850 Indian Prisoners in Saudi Jails
MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet that Saudi Arabia Crown Prince has announced the release of 850 Indian prisoners lodged in Saudi jails on Prime Minister Modi’s request.
Kumar also said that the Crown Prince has declared the increase in quota for Indian Haj pilgrims to 2,00,000.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Meets President Kovind
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
President Ram Nath Kovind held a banquet in honour of Mohammed Bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
(Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@rashtrapatibhvn)
Saudi Crown Prince Announces Investment of $100 Bn in India
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has pledged to invest $100 billion in India. The areas of investment will include energy, refining, petrochemicals, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing.
India, Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemn the Pulwama Attack: MEA
Addressing a press conference, TS Tirumurti, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs said that the two leaders of India and Saudi Arabia condemned the attack on the security forces in Pulwama in the strongest terms.