India-Saudi Security Ties Getting Stronger
While energy security continues to dominate the agenda, security and defense cooperation are becoming more important in the India-Saudi relationship.
February 19, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in Riyadh, October 2019.
Credit: Indian Ministry of External Affairs
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India and Saudi Arabia have long enjoyed cordial relations, primarily driven by India’s energy security requirements. But the bilateral partnership has seen important shifts in recent years. According to Indian media reports, the armies of the two countries plan to hold a joint exercise for the first time. The exercise will be conducted in the latter part of the year and the Indian Army contingent will travel to Saudi Arabia for it. The decision to hold joint army exercises appear to be a follow up to the visit of General N.M. Naravane, the Indian army chief, to
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In Nov 2020 two Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) summits were held, and India participated in both of them. The SCO Heads of State summit held in Russia on 10 Nov 2020 was attended virtually by Prime Minister Narender Modi, and SCO Heads of Government held in India on 30 November 2020 was participated in by Foreign Minister S. Jayahankar. Since this took place in India for the first, therefore evoked great response from strategic analysts and the business community.
SCO is a permanent international intergovernmental organisation with headquarters in Beijing in China. It is a Eurasian political, economic and security organisation whose aim is to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. This group was created on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Also known as the ‘Alliance of the Ea