The third meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Security Working Group under the Political, Consular and Security Cooperation Committee of Strategic Partnership Council was held today in Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia, a key ally of Pakistan, on Wednesday joined India in strongly condemning the terror attack on April 22, 2026 and the terror incident near Red Fort in New Delhi on 10 November, 2025 as the two countries condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
The third meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Security Working Group under the Political, Consular and Security Cooperation Committee of Strategic Partnership Council was held today in Riyadh.
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The meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Vinod Bahade, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism) in the Ministry of External Affairs and Mr. Ahmed Al-Eissa, Director General of Legal Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia.
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A Ministry of External Affairs press release said the two sides comprehensively reviewed the ongoing security cooperation. They discussed threats posed by terrorist groups globally and in their respective regions. Both sides shared views on enhancing cooperation in current and emerging challenges to counter-terrorism including countering extremism and radicalisation, combating financing of terrorism, preventing use of technology for terrorist purposes, nexus between transnational organized crime and terrorism.
They also deliberated upon measures to further strengthen bilateral legal and judicial cooperation and law enforcement cooperation.
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