On Monday (September 11), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and India issued a joint assertion, condemning terrorism in all its varieties and vowing to strengthen international safety cooperation to dismantle terrorism infrastructure and financing.
“Both sides also stressed the importance of strengthening security cooperation in the field of combating terrorism and its financing. Both sides emphasized that terrorism, in all its forms, remains one of the gravest threats to humanity,” the assertion learn.
It additional added, “They agreed that there cannot be any justification for any act of terror for any reason whatsoever. They rejected any attempt to link terrorism to any particular race, religion or culture.”
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“Both sides called on all States to reject the use of terrorism against other countries, dismantle terrorism infrastructure where it exists and bring perpetrators of terrorism to justice swiftly. Both sides stressed the need to prevent access to weapons including missiles and drones to commit terrorist acts against other countries,” India and Saudi Arabia mentioned within the joint assertion.
In the context of Afghanistan, the 2 nations confused the significance of sustaining safety and stability within the war-torn nation. The governments of India and Saudi Arabia additionally vowed to not enable Afghanistan for use as protected haven for terrorist and extremist outfits.
The growth got here throughout the State go to of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman to India on Monday (September 11). PM Modi held official talks with the Crown Prince and reviewed means to deepen strategic relations between the 2 nations.
8 MoUs signed by Saudi Arabia and India
They additionally co-chaired the primary assembly of the Strategic Partnership Council (SPC), which was arrange in October 2019. The two leaders signed and exchanged a complete of 8 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/ Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC).
MOU within the discipline of Energy between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India and the Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia
MOU between CVC of India and Saudi Oversight and Anti Corruption Authority
MOU between Saudi EXIM Bank and EXIM Bank of India
MOU for Cooperation within the Technical Field & Establishment of the Small and Medium Enterprises Bank between SIDBI and SME Bank of Saudi Arabia
MOU on Seawater Desalination between National Institute of Technology of India and Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia
MOC between the Ministry of Communication and IT of Saudi Arabia and MEITY of India within the discipline of Digitisation and Electronic Manufacturing
MOC between the National Archives of India and the King Abdulaziz Foundation of Saudi Arabia within the space of archival cooperation
Framework of Cooperation on Enhancing Bilateral Investment between Invest India and the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia
