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PM Modi to visit Saudi Arabia from October 28 to 29

PM Modi to visit Saudi Arabia from October 28 to 29

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an official visit to Saudi Arabia from October 28 to 29, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Thursday.

Modi will also deliver the keynote address and meet Saudi Arabia's King Salman and hold a delegation level talk during his two-day visit, he added.

Modi will launch RuPay card in Saudi Arabia during his trip.

RuPay will help the Indian Haj pilgrims, Kumar said.

Saudi Arabia is the third country in the Gulf region to get the RuPay card facility after the UAE and Bahrain.

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson also said that a joint India-Saudi Arabia naval exercises will be held on December 2019.