Marking another milestone in Indo-Saudi security relations, the third iteration of the Security Working Group meeting unfolded in Riyadh on Wednesday. Part of the broader SPC framework’s Political, Trade, and Security Cooperation Committee, it was led jointly by Dr. Vinod Bahade of India’s foreign ministry and Ahmad Al-Eisa of Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry.
Reaffirming their stance, both delegations condemned every variant of terrorism, zeroing in on trans-border operations. They specifically mourned the savage attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, 2025, claiming innocent lives, and the terror strike near Red Fort, New Delhi, on November 10, 2025.
The session featured an in-depth evaluation of prevailing security pacts, with candid exchanges on perils from terror entities across the globe and regional hotspots. Emphasis was placed on intensifying cooperative measures to address persistent and nascent challenges in the fight against terrorism.
Among the priorities: confronting radicalization and extremism, choking off terror funding streams, blocking tech misuse by militants, and probing intersections of organized crime and terrorism on an international scale. Plans to enhance legal-judicial ties and law enforcement synergy were also hashed out.
Future engagements will shift to Indian soil, scheduled by consensus. This builds on the SPC’s recent augmentation in April, adding defense and tourism-culture committees, heralding a robust era of collaborative security architecture.