Strategic conversations unfolded in Riyadh as NSA Ajit Doval conferred with Saudi’s Musaid bin Mohammed Al-Aiban on Wednesday, prioritizing bilateral security and regional affairs. This pivotal encounter reinforces the deepening Indo-Saudi alliance.
Embassy X posts detailed exchanges on cooperative domains, common regional stakes, and sundry concerns. Doval’s Tuesday touchdown was greeted by Indian envoy Suhel Ajaz Khan and Saudi Deputy FM Saud Al-Sate, heralding intensive diplomacy.
Building on the latest Security Working Group, focus sharpened on terror countermeasures: extremism curbing, financing blocks, tech safeguards, and transnational crime-terror intersections. Terrorism’s every guise drew bipartisan rebuke, citing Pahalgam’s April 22, 2025, tragedy and Red Fort’s November 10, 2025, outrage.
Legal, judicial, and policing collaborations were plotted under co-chairs Vinod Bihade and Ahmad Al-Eisa. India’s Arab pivot accelerates amid global shifts, offsetting Saudi-Pakistan overtures via UAE defense escalations, per recent UAE President’s four-hour Modi rendezvous on January 19.
Revived after a decade, the India-Arab FM conclave in Delhi underscores commitment. Under PM Modi, India is architecting a resilient strategic edifice with Arab powers, blending security, commerce, and diplomacy for future resilience.