During Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia, both the countries have inked 12 important agreements.
Strategic Partnership Council Agreement was one of them which would further strengthen the robust bilateral relations between the two nations.
India to become the fourth country to sign such an agreement with Saudi Arabia.
Here’ s the list of 12 agreements India inked with Saudi Arabia.
| Sl.No | Name of Agreement/ MoUs | Signatory from India | Signatory from Saudi Arabia |
| 1 | Strategic Partnership Council Agreement | Prime Minister of India | HRH Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of defence. |
| 2 | MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Renewable energy between Saudi Ministry of Energy and Ministry of New & renewable energy of India | Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Ambassador of India to KSA |
HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud – Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia |
| 3 | Agreement on Security Cooperation | Mr. T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (ER ), MEA |
HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif Al Saud – Minister of Interior |
| 4 | MoU for Cooperationin the field of combating illicit trafficking and smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and chemical precursors. | Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Ambassador of India to KSA |
HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif Al Saud – Minister of Interior |
| 5 | MoU between Saudi General Authority of Military Industries (GAMI) and Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence concerning collaboration in military acquisition, industries, research, development and technology | Mr. T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary, Economic Relations (ER ), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) |
HE Ahmad Al-Ohali, Governor, General Authority of Military Industries. |
| 6 | MoU for Cooperation in the field of Civil Aviation | Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Ambassador of India to KSA |
HE Abdulhadi Al-Mansouri, President, GACA |
| 7 | MoU between Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Saudi food & Drug Authority (SFDA) for Cooperation in the field of medical products regulations | Mr. T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (ER ), MEA |
HE Dr Hisham Al Jadhey, CEO, SFDA |
| 8 | Letter of Intent between Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, of the Republic of India | Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Ambassador of India to KSA |
Engineer Saleh Al-Rasheed, Governor, Small and Medium Development Authorities. |
| 9 | Cooperation Programme between Foreign Service Institute, MEA and Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS) of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia | Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Ambassador of India to KSA |
Dr Abdallah Bin Hamad Al Salamah, Director-General, Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies |
| 10 | MoU between Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) and Saudi Aramco. | Mr. HPS Ahuja, CEO&MD, ISPRL |
HE Ahmad Al-Subayae, Vice-President, ARAMCO |
| 11 | MoU for Cooperation between National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) | Mr. Vikram Limaye, MD & CEO, National Stock Exchange |
Engineer Khaled Al-Hassan, CEO, Saudi Stock Exchange(Tadawul) |
| 12 | MoU between National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Saudi Payments | Mr. Arif Khan, Chief Digital Officer, National Payments Corporation of India |
Ziyad Al Yusuf, MD, Saudi Payment |
