Mohammed Bin Salman’s India Visit Before Elections Puts Modi Government in a Tricky Situation

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Mohammed Bin Salman’s India Visit Before Elections Puts Modi Government in a Tricky Situation

The upcoming visit of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to India is not a routine affair. The trip to India is evidently timed to burnish his legitimacy after the international opprobrium that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

By Srinath Raghavan

Published on Feb 12, 2019

Source: Print

The upcoming visit of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), to India is not a routine affair. The trip to India is evidently timed to burnish his legitimacy after the international opprobrium that followed the murder of The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But the visit also comes at an important juncture in the geopolitics of southwest Asia as well as in the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

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Srinath Raghavan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Srinath Raghavan is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India. His primary research focus is on the contemporary and historical aspects of India’s foreign and security policies.

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