PM Modi is my senior sibling, I respect him, says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman

PM Modi is my senior sibling, I respect him, says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman

New Delhi, Feb 20  The meeting Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Salman, on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is like an “elder brother” to him and that he “admires” him a lot.

"We (me and PM Modi) are siblings. PM Modi is my senior sibling. I am his more youthful sibling, I respect him," The Saudi Crown Prince said in the wake of accepting a formal welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, as indicated by Zee Media sources.

After the stately welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Saudi chief was gotten by PM Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed container Salman receptacle Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who is on an official visit to India, has hailed the reciprocal ties between the two nations and commended the job of Indians in building the Saudi Kingdom.

Talking after the ceremonial reception at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Saudi Crown Prince stated, "The connection among India and Arabian Peninsula, which Saudi Arabia speak to, about 80%, returns to a huge number of year ever. Indeed, even before the history was composed, the relationship between India and the Arabian Peninsula has been in our DNA."

Standing alongside President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Saudi chief included, "Today, we need to make sure this connection is kept up and enhanced for the two nations. With the initiative of President and PM, I am are certain we can make beneficial things for India and Saudi Arabia."

Highlighting the role of the Indian diaspora in building the nation, the Saudi Crown Prince stated, "Since we remember ourselves, Indian people are companions and part of building Saudi Arabia in the previous 70 years. A great deal of Saudis work and develop a lot of things in India for hundreds of years."

Saudi Crown Prince was earlier accorded a ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan

He will presently be meeting PM Modi at Hyderabad House for bilateral talks.

This will be the second meeting between Prime Minister Modi and the Saudi Crown Prince in the most recent three months. The two leaders last met on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Argentina on 30th November.

The two sides are expected to sign five MoUs/Agreements in areas of investment, tourism, housing and information and broadcasting.

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed container Salman, who is also famously known by his initials MBS, touched base in India on Tuesday evening and was gotten by PM Narendra Modi who broke the protocol to receive him.

PM Modi had in the past broken protocol for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2018), Jordan's King Abdullah II canister Al-Hussein(2018), United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Mohammed receptacle Zayed Al Nahyan (2017) and Bangladesh PM Sheik Hasina (2015).

The long shadow of the Pulwama terror assault - the deadliest in India in more than two decades - will be dominating the talks with a focus on making sure that Pakistan acts on terror infrastructure it has been supporting on its territory.

New Delhi will approach Riyadh to mount weight on its traditional ally Pakistan. Pakistan based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed has guaranteed responsibility for the attack.

Saudi Arabia has strongly censured the suicide attack on the CRPF convoy in J&K's Pulwama on February 14.

MBS had come to India, an after a long time after his two-day visit to Pakistan.

It is intriguing to take note of that the Saudi Crown Prince returned to Riyadh after his Pakistan visit closed, and returned again to New Delhi, a development which many will see as a de-hyphenation by Saudi Arabia among Pakistan and India and something which New Delhi will favor in the fallout of Pulwama terror attack.

Amid Saudi Crown Prince's Pakistan visit, he reported a USD 20 billion venture. Responding to the improvement, sources in Delhi stated, "When they put resources into India, they put resources into a robust economy, in Pakistan they bailout"

India is one of the eight strategic partners of Saudi Arabia with which the West Asian country intends to deepen partnership in areas of political, security, trade and investment and culture.