Overview
- India and Saudi Arabia held the 3rd Security Working Group meeting on January 28 in Riyadh under the Strategic Partnership Council framework.
- The session was co-chaired by Vinod Bahade of India’s MEA and Ahmed Al-Eissa of Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry.
- Both sides condemned terrorism in all forms, specifically denouncing the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam attack and the November 10, 2025 incident near Delhi’s Red Fort.
- They reviewed threat assessments and focused on countering extremism, terror financing, misuse of technology, and the nexus between transnational organised crime and terrorism.
- Participants discussed stronger legal and judicial cooperation and closer law-enforcement coordination, with the next meeting to be hosted in India at a mutually convenient time.