Jaishankar will travel to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, on September 8-9 to attend the first India–Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. During the visit, he is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers from GCC member countries.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, will be in Saudi Arabia, Germany and Switzerland from September 8 to 13, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday.

Jaishankar will travel to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, on September 8-9 to attend the first India–Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. During the visit, he is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers from GCC member countries.

The Ministry of External Affairs said that “India and the GCC enjoy a deep and multifaceted relationship, in areas including political, trade & investment, energy cooperation, cultural and people – to – people ties. The GCC region has emerged as a major trading partner for India and is home to a large Indian expatriate community, numbering around 8.9 million. The Foreign Ministers meeting will be an opportunity to review and deepen institutional cooperation between India and the GCC across various sectors.”

On the second leg of the visit, Jaishankar will travel to Berlin, Germany for a 2 – day visit from 10 – 11 September. This will be his 3rd visit as Minister to Berlin.

“Both India and Germany share a robust Strategic Partnership and Germany is one of India’s prominent trading partners and among the largest Foreign Direct Investors,” the MEA said.

During the visit, MEA said that Jaishankar will meet the German Federal Foreign Minister as well as the leadership and other ministers from the German government with an objective to review the entire gamut of bilateral relations between India and Germany.

The External Affairs Minister will thereafter travel to Geneva, Switzerland for an official visit on September 12-13.

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