“Saudi Arabia and India share views on increasing cooperation in counterterrorism and tackling cybercrimes,” he said. The agreement aims at creating credit mechanisms, crowd funding and sharing of technological breakthroughs to promote solar energy in 121 countries associated with the treaty. He said that Saudi Arabia had invested $44 billion in India since 2016. The Saudi delegation signed $20 billion in investment deals and vowed to free thousands of Pakistani prisoners in Saudi custody. India describes Saudi Arabia as a “key pillar” of its energy security.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 20, 2019 10:30 UTC