The Saudi Arabian army chief paid a” major and corner” first visit to India this week, according to a press release
from the Indian Ministry of Defence.
Saudi Arabia Land Forces Commander Lieutenant General Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair arrived in India on Monday and ended his three-day trip on Wednesday, according to the statement.
The press release noted it was the first-ever visit by a serving Royal Saudi Land Forces Commander to India and marked the” heightening bilateral defence cooperation” between the two countries, adding that it aimed to further bolster cooperation.
The Saudi chief met Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane in New Delhi on the alternate day of his visit and was presented a conventional guard of honour.
The two army chiefs latterly had” significant bilateral conversations” with the Indian general briefing his counterpart on security aspects, the Indian defence ministry said.
The Indian army’s Fresh Directorate General of Public Information also said the two” bandied ways to further enhance the bilateral defence cooperation”.
The press release noted that the relationship between India and Saudi Arabia had been growing due to common interests of profitable substance, barring terrorism and mollifying the goods of climate change.” Defence tactfulness forms one of the major tenets of the overall relationship,” it added.
The Saudi army chief said his visit was an” important step” to punctuate the significance of military relations and thanked his Indian counterpart for the assignation, according to a statement carried by state-run Saudi Press Agency.
It added that he also paid a visit to the Indian National Defence University.
