Saudi PM Mohammad bin Salman puts off Delhi visit, officials cite ‘scheduling’ difficulties

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Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman( MbS) cancelled a planned visit to Delhi on Sunday due to “ scheduling issues ” on both sides, according to sources. While the visit wasn’t officially blazoned, it has been under planning for several weeks, after External Affairs MinisterS. Jaishankar had delivered a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, inviting the Saudi Prince.

officers attesting the cancellation said both Prime Minister Mohammad andMr. Modi are anticipated to meet in Bali for the G- 20 peak beginning Monday, and the Saudi Prince will register his visit to Delhi in the near future.

According to officers involved in the planning, MbS was due to make a half- day visit to Delhi to bandy a number of issues, including energy cooperation, oil painting trade and investment in renewable energy systems in India, as well as other areas of structure investment by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This would also have been the first similar visit since Riyadh protested reflections on Prophet Muhammed made by a BJP prophet in May this time, and MbS’s trip to India was anticipated to indicate the strength in bilateral ties despite the contestation.

The visit to Delhi was one of a number of visits planned by the Saudi Prince in November. before this month, the Algerian government blazoned that he’d cancelled his visit to attend the Arab League peak in Algiers due to “ the recommendations of croakers

who advised him not to travel ”. During this stint,Mr. Salman was due to travel to India, Indonesia for the G- 20, South Korea for a bilateral visit, Thailand for the APEC peak, and South Korea. According to Pakistani officers, he was also anticipated to travel to Pakistan on his way back to Riyadh on November 21, which has now been put off to be “ tallied ” as well.

According to sources,Mr. Modi’s schedule has also been busy due to campaigning in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. As a result, he was unfit to visit Cambodia on Saturday for the ASEAN- India honorary peak marking 30 times of ties as well as the advertisement of an upgradation of relations to a Strategic Comprehensive Partnership, andVice-President Jagdeep Dhankar officiated rather.

Modi had also indicated that he would n’t be suitable to travel to Bali for a handover of the “ B- 20 ” Business forum for G- 20 on Sunday due to the visit of Prime Minister Mohammad, and would only land in Bali on Monday morning in time for the first grand session. The officers said that given the busy schedules of both leaders, as well as the short period available for them to meet, they decided to put off the visit to when further “ substantial ” issues could be achieved.