Abstract: India and Saudi Arabia have, in recent years, shared healthy bilateral equation based on mutual interest- extensive trade, energy, import, culture contacts and growing security cooperation. Trade and cultural links between ancient India and Arabia date back to third millennium BC. By 1000 AD, the trade relations between southern India and Arabia flourished and became the backbone of Arabian economy. Formal diplomatic relations between contemporary India and Saudi Arabia were established soon after India gained independence in 1947, but now Saudi Arabia has turned as major trading partner for India. It has grown stronger, attaining the level of a strategic partnership and incorporating more political and security content. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Riyadh in April 2016 further bolstered the bilateral relationship, laying the basis for deepening existing ties and broadening the parameters of cooperation.
Keywords: India, Saudi Arabia, Trade, Energy, Security, Politics and Indian expatriate, Investment.
Title: THE PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA
Author: DR. SHEETAL VARSHNEY
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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