沙特将对印度下游油气项目进行大规模投资

据阿拉伯贸易网2019年10月29日利雅得报道，印度政府总理纳伦德拉·莫迪29日在利雅得表示，印度和沙特阿拉伯正在从纯粹的买卖关系转向更紧密的战略伙伴关系，其中包括沙特阿拉伯承诺将对印度下游石油和天然气项目进行大规模的投资。

莫迪是在对利雅得进行为期两天访问期间对采访他的媒体记者发表上述讲话的。莫迪此次出访沙特阿拉伯将参加一个投资者峰会。莫迪29日在利雅得会见了沙特国王萨勒曼，双方举行了正式会谈。莫迪在当天晚些时候在利雅得还会见了沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼。

会谈期间，两国领导人回顾了两国在各个领域的合作前景，并讨论了一系列共同关心的国际问题。

莫迪在接受《阿拉伯新闻》记者采访时表示：“从纯粹的买卖关系，我们现在正走向更紧密的战略伙伴关系，包括沙特阿拉伯已承诺对印度下游石油和天然气项目进行大笔投资。”

沙特阿拉伯是印度仅次于伊拉克的第二大原油供应国。沙特阿拉伯在2018- 2019财年向印度出口了4033万吨原油，而印度在此期间进口了2.073亿吨原油。

李峻 编译自 阿拉伯贸易

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Saudi making big investments in India's downstream projects

RiyadhPrime Minister Narendra Modi said that India and Saudi Arabia are moving from a purely buyer-seller relationship towards a closer strategic partnership that includes big investment in downstream oil and gas projects in India.

Modi, who is align="justify">During the meeting, the leaders reviewed prospects of co-operation between the two friendly countries, in all fields, and reviewed a number of issues of mutual interest, reported SPA.

“From a purely buyer-seller relationship, we are now moving toward a closer strategic partnership that will include Saudi investments in downstream oil and gas projects,” Modi said in an interview to Arab News.

Saudi Arabia is its second biggest supplier after Iraq. It sold 40.33 million tonnes of crude oil to India in 2018-19 fiscal, when the country had imported 207.3 million tonnes of oil.