Oil prices, Kashmir to top PM’s agenda during Saudi visit

NEW DELHI : Stability in energy supplies and pricing will be on top of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda on his day-long visit to Saudi Arabia on 29 October during which he will participate in an annual investment forum and hold talks with the Saudi leadership, said two people familiar with the development.

This comes in the wake of a drone attack on the Saudi Aramco plant last month and eight months after Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman paid a visit to India in February. National security adviser Ajit Doval visited Riyadh earlier this month to prepare the ground for the prime minister’s visit.

Modi will meet King Salman and the crown prince, who is expected to host a lunch for the prime minister.