Tokyo, 15 March, /AJMEDIA
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ausaf Sayeed voiced his gratification over the strong pitch and vibrant steam that have gathered in the bilateral ties after taking it to new heights of strategic partnership during his tenure.
“All round growth and progress have been achieved in the entire gamut of bilateral relations as well as in people to people contact. There are bigger and diversified opportunities that lay open in wide ranging fields between the two great nations and my new task would be to further expand and bolster the synergy of this historical relationship and partnership,” he said while speaking to Saudi Gazette.
Dr. Sayeed will leave the Kingdom on Monday after serving the Kingdom for three years in order to take up the new assignment of Secretary for Consular, Passport, Visa, and Overseas Indian Affairs at the headquarters of India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi.
At MEA, he will be in charge of the affairs of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and will be tasked to liaison with the Arab League, Gulf Cooperation Council and the Maghreb Union.
Dr. Sayeed said the new task to handle the affairs of the Gulf and Arab countries would be instrumental to have more meaningful engagements at a time when the trajectory of relationship between the two sides is going upward at a much faster pace.
He commended Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman for their monumental role in further elevating the profile of centuries-old bonds of ties between the two countries.
“We have strong words of praise and deep gratitude to the Monarch and Crown Prince for showing their utmost keenness on the well-being of the expatriate community during their difficult time in the pandemic period by providing free treatment and vaccination against coronavirus without any discrimination between Saudis and foreigners,” he said, while noting that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had written a letter praising the Saudi leadership in this regard.
