RIYADH: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 2-3 at the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman, according to a press release issued by the Indian Embassy here.

This will be the highest-level visit from India since 2010 when the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had visited Riyadh.

Prime Minister Modi will hold discussions with King Salman on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest, according to the press statement.

India and Saudi Arabia share friendly relations based on close people-to-people contacts. The 'Strategic Partnership' established through Riyadh Declaration in 2010 envisions a deeper engagement in political, economic, security and defence areas. In recent years, there has been significant progress in bilateral cooperation in such key areas of mutual interest.

Saudi Arabia has become our 4th largest partner with bilateral trade exceeding US$ 39 billion in 2014-15. Saudi Arabia is also India’s largest crude oil supplier accounting for about one-fifth of our total imports, it said.

Indians are the largest expatriate community in Saudi Arabia and their contribution in the progress and development of their host country is well recognized, it said and added there are over 2.96 million Indian nationals presently working in Saudi Arabia.