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India and Saudi Arabia hold 6th meeting of Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation

September 5, 2024 Photo(s): By X / IndianEmbRiyadh
India–Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation (JCDC) held its 6th meeting in Riyadh on September 5, 2024. The Meeting was co-chaired by Joint Secretary/Director General Amitabh Prasad & Saudi Deputy Minister of Defence for Strategic Affairs Major General Salman Bin Awadh Al-Harbi.

India and Saudi Arabia conducted the sixth edition of Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation (JCDC) meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 4, 2024. The two countries discussed new avenues to further strengthen the long standing and multi-faceted defence cooperation. Detailed deliberations were held to expand the scope of engagement and cooperation in areas such as military, training, defence industry, R&D etc.

India and Saudi Arabia enjoy cordial and friendly relations founded on the centuries old economic and socio-cultural ties. The MoU on Defence Cooperation provides a framework for defence collaboration between the two countries. Joint Defence Cooperation Committee is an institutional mechanism under the MoU to promote the objectives of defence cooperation.

The Indian delegation, led by Joint Secretary Amitabh Prasad, included officials from Ministry of Defence. The meeting was co-chaired by Major General Salman Bin Awadh Al-Harbi from the Saudi Arabia delegation.