PM Modi holds talks with Saudi King to boost strategic ties

April 03, 2016 17:30

Seeking to inject new momentum in bilateral ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held wide-ranging talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on ways to expand strategic cooperation in a range of areas including trade, investment and counter-terrorism.

Before his talks with the King, Modi, who arrived yesterday on a two-day visit, was accorded an official welcome at the Royal Court.

In the last seven months, it is Modi's second visit tothe Gulf, a strategically important region which is home toover 8 million Indians and key to India's energy security. He had visited United Arab Emirates in August last year.

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