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In a major announcement, the Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ordered the release of 850 Indian prisoners lodged in Saudi jails following a request by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs informed on Wednesday.
This comes on a day when Saudi Arabia said that it shares India’s concerns over terror in the wake of the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which at least 44 CRPF personnel were killed.
“Terrorism is a common concern. We will cooperate with India in every way, like intelligence sharing. India has played a positive role,” the Crown Prince said while addressing a joint press conference.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the two leaders agreed on the need to destroy the infrastructure of terror and clamp down on countries supporting terror.
“We have also vowed to increase pressure on any country that promotes terror activities,” the Prime Minister said.
Read | Ready to share intelligence, cooperate with India to eliminate terrorism: Saudi Crown Prince
In another important takeaway, Salman also announced the increase in quota for Indian Haj pilgrims to 200,000.
The prince on Wednesday also announced that it would invest $ 100 billion in India in different sectors as the two countries signed five agreements in areas like agriculture, tourism, housing and information and broadcasting.
“Big announcement – Saudi Arabia to invest $100 bn in India – a huge vote of confidence in the Indian economy. PM @narendramodi welcomed the announcement by #SaudiCrownPrince to invest in areas like energy, refining, petrochemicals, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, etc,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted after talks between the two sides.
The announcement about Saudi investment in India by visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al-Saud came two days after he signed investment deals to the tune of $20 billion with Pakistan during his visit to Islamabad.
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