India, Saudi Arabia sign new Riyadh Declaration
By Aroonim Bhuyan, IANSSunday, February 28, 2010
RIYADH - India and Saudi Arabia signed a new Riyadh Declaration here Sunday, the second day of the three-day visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to this Islamic Kingdom.
The ‘Riyadh Declaration - A New Era of Strategic Partnership’ was signed by the prime minister and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz at a ceremony at the Al Rawad Palace here.
“The two leaders reviewed the status of implementation of the historic Delhi Declaration signed in 2006, and expressed their satisfaction at the steady expansion of Saudi-India relations since the signing of the Delhi Declaration,” the new declaration read.
“They re-emphasised the importance of full implementation of the Delhi Declaration through exchange of visits at ministerial, official, business, academia, media and other levels.”
The Delhi Declaration, signed during the visit of King Abdullah to India in 2006, had charted out a new path of cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia across a range of fields, including security, trade and investment, culture and science and technology.
