Chidambaram’s visit gives new impetus to Saudi-Indian trade ties

[al-Hasani]

What is the language that you are writing in? Is it a latinized form of Urdu? Is it the same language that you use to communicate with Pakistani users on this forum? I assume that this is the case.

Yes, I was astonished at the bilateral ties between KSA and India. I know that they were significant but not that big.

The trade volume was 27 billion USD in 2012 between the two countries. Do someone have the data for last year? It would be interesting to see how much it improved if anything.

@ranjeet

We respect your relationship with Pakistan ..... no problems with that man. I was curious about non religious tourism. I don't know about others but .... had I a chance I wouldn't have thought about another moment before visiting beautiful country side.


I don't think SA would want us Indians to spread some drunken cr@p

You are very welcome. Yes, maybe in the future. Let us see. But there is always UAE and the Gulf states for that. I mean Dubai together with Beirut are the "party capitals" of the ME.

Is chemical engineering a big thing in India? It seems so since I study with quite a few Indians. Two from Kerala, one from Hyderabad and one from Delhi. My favorite Indian province is Kerala due to the historical ties with our region.

 

[ranjeet]

What is the language that you are writing in? Is it a latinized form of Urdu? Is it the same language that you use to communicate with Pakistani users on this forum? I assume that this is the case.

Yes, I was astonished at the bilateral ties between KSA and India. I know that they were significant but not that big.

The trade volume was 27 billion USD in 2012 between the two countries. Do someone have the data for last year? It would be interesting to see how much it improved if anything.

It was urdu/hindi in roman ..... it meant .... I am drunk and lets not offend Saudis or else they might chop off something uncomfortable . We guys have a long way to go ... before we can even imagine before even coming close to the respect you guys have for Pakistanis.

 

[al-Hasani]

It was urdu/hindi in roman ..... it meant .... I am drunk and lets not offend Saudis or else they might chop off something uncomfortable . We guys have a long way to go ... before we can even imagine before even coming close to the respect you guys have for Pakistanis.

Take it easy man.

Executions do not occur often in KSA. In 2011 only 26 people were executed and all mostly murderers, drug smugglers etc. So you will be safe. A lot is happening behind closed doors anyway. Let an Indian user who lived in Jeddah tell this to you in Hindi. Don't remember his name unfortunately. He thanked one of my posts earlier today so I will see if I can get the username.

Yes, KSA-Pakistani relations are special and the relations between the common man is just as good if not even better.

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[ranjeet]

Take it easy man.

Executions do not occur often in KSA. In 2011 only 26 people were executed and all mostly murderers, drug smugglers etc. So you will be safe. A lot is happening behind closed doors anyway. Let an Indian user who lived in Jeddah tell this to you in Hindi. Don't remember his name unfortunately. He thanked one of my posts earlier today so I will see if I can get the username.

Yes, KSA-Pakistani relations are special and the relations between the common man is just as good if not even better.

Dont let for a moment think that I am talking against the common people man. It's never a thing about we or them kind of thing. We respect your appreciation of Pakistanis ... heck you might even find me taking side with Pakistanis against Wahabis
(have no idea about the sects but still you can't blame us for taking sides with our lost cousins)

 

[Soms]

They will continue to improve.
Although I'm amazed by the recent spurt of high flying CXO jobs based in KSA floating in Indian Job portals.
I mean Dubai, AD, Manama, Muscat, Kuwait are flooded with Indian expats and labour...but in KSA there is relatively lesser presence.

But the trend is obviosuly improving by leaps and bounds

Cheapening of Saudi sour crude improves relations too...jai Ambani

 

[al-Hasani]

Kingdom, India to facilitate visas for businessmen

Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah and India’s Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram sign the minutes at the end of the Saudi-India Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in Riyadh late Tuesday. — SPA​

Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH – The 10th session of the Saudi-India Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) concluded here late Tuesday with the signing of minutes aimed at further cementing bilateral cooperation in an entire gamut of trade, commerce and other vital sectors. Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah and India’s Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram signed the minutes at the end of the JCM meeting, co-chaired by Al-Rabiah and Chidambaram.

The minutes highlighted the Commission’s satisfaction over the substantial progress in the volume of trade exchange between the two countries that reached $43 billion in 2013, and looked forward to further enhancing the trade exchange.

The meeting agreed to facilitate issuance of business visas so as to further boost businesses.

The Commission called for expanding participation of businessmen in the international fairs, which will be held in both countries, and exchange of more visits of businessmen.

The Indian delegation proposed that the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) would organize Indian exhibition in Riyadh in 2014.

The JCM inter alia agreed on (i) Promoting cooperation in the field of oil, gas and minerals through the Joint Technical Team (India Saudi Energy Consultations); (ii) Encouraging Saudi private sector companies to invest in oil and gas sector in India; (iii) Participation of Indian pharmaceutical entities in Saudi Arabia; (iv) Discussions on the mandatory requirement to get ‘classification’ for Indian companies to make them eligible to participate in Saudi projects; (v) Finalization and signing of framework agreement between SAGIA and “Invest India”; (vi) Discussions on the modalities in a time bound manner for setting up of India Saudi Investment Fund and identifying nodal points; (vii) putting more efforts in technical cooperation and exchange of expertise including through early convening of the Joint Working Group on Higher Education; (viii) Organizing cultural days in both countries; and (ix) Strengthening cooperation in all security fields and exchange of information, especially in organized crimes, money laundering and drug smuggling.

During the Joint Commission Meeting, the Indian side proposed cooperation in (i) Development of IT Parks; (ii) Development of Telemedicine network, similar to the Pan-African project, in knowledge sharing, consulting in super specialty Medicare from premium Indian hospitals; and (iii) Promotion of Indian ICT products and services.

Saudi Gazette - Kingdom, India to facilitate visas for businessmen

@ranjeet @SirHatesALot @Ayush

Look at that number of the trade exchange. $43 BILLION in 2013 from $27 billion in 2012. Nearly a growth of 100 percent in just 1 year! And we are not talking about a growth of $2-5 billion but $16 billion! That's impressive.

 

[livingdead]

good business relation means better ties between countries. Hope we do more export to ksa because currently trade is onesided.

 

[al-Hasani]

good business relation means better ties between countries. Hope we do more export to ksa because currently trade is onesided.

Since we eat several kilograms of rice daily (Basmati) you can mass-produce to the KSA market.

 

[VeeraBahadur]

What is the language that you are writing in? Is it a latinized form of Urdu? Is it the same language that you use to communicate with Pakistani users on this forum? I assume that this is the case.

That was Hindi language derived from Sanskrit. Urdu is derived from Persian.

 

[al-Hasani]

That was Hindi language derived from Sanskrit. Urdu is derived from Persian.

Urdu is derived from the Khariboli dialect which itself derives from Hindustani. Urdu just has a lot of Farsi loanwords just like it has Arabic, Turkic and other loanwords. Correct me if I am wrong but is Urdu not a very recent language compared to most languages of the area?

Urdu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Do the Indians who speak Urdu use the Latin alphabet or a local one? I know that the Pakistani Urdu speakers use the Arabic alphabet.

Anyway back to the topic.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Since we eat several kilograms of rice daily (Basmati) you can mass-produce to the KSA market.

Tht is/was actually Pak produced rice .. Labelled by and exported as indian..

 

[al-Hasani]

Tht is/was actually Pak produced rice .. Labelled by and exported as indian..

Thanks for that one 7abibi. I actually knew that it was grown in Pakistan as well but I also know that India is the main rice exporter of the world. Or is that China? We import a lot of rice from them as do other ME countries but Pakistani rice is also very popular.

I can't think of other things that we import from India aside from textiles, garments, machinery etc. But I am sure that there could be a bigger trade.

What is more important though is strengthening the bilateral ties with Pakistan.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Thanks for that one 7abibi. I actually knew that it was grown in Pakistan as well but I also know that India is the main rice exporter of the world. We import a lot of rice from them as do other ME countries but Pakistani rice is also very popular.

I can't think of other things that we import from India aside from textiles, garments, machinery etc. But I am sure that there could be a bigger trade.

What is more important though is strengthening the bilateral ties with Pakistan.

What Indians did was import Pak rice and export it as indian ..
To give you an idea:

Pakistani rice being sold with Indian label [Archive] - PakPassion - Pakistan Cricket Forum
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/archive/index.php/t-35512.html
QRC blamed for tormenting rice exporters | Pakistan Business News | Pakistan Finance
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/archive/index.php/t-35512.html

 

[al-Hasani]

@DESERT FIGHTER

I do not know about this so cannot comment but I know that both Pakistan and India produces enough of rice to export it.

KSA does not produce enough rice to export it at all. The most famous locally produced rice is the Hasawi rice from the Eastern Province:

 

[Ammyy]

What Indians did was import Pak rice and export it as indian ..
To give you an idea:

Pakistani rice being sold with Indian label [Archive] - PakPassion - Pakistan Cricket Forum
QRC blamed for tormenting rice exporters | Pakistan Business News | Pakistan Finance

Baseless stories as always

Pakistan not even in top 10 exporters of rice


Last year India export 9.5 million tons of rice.
Thailand's loses top rice exporter title - The Nation


What is total production of rice in Pakistan ??? I am sure its lower then our export

May be Pakistani themselves sell their rice with Indian tag.