On his two-day visit to India, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the release of 850 Indian prisoners lodged in Saudi jails on Prime Minister Modi’s request, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet on Wednesday, 20 February.

Kumar also said that the Crown Prince has declared the increase in quota for Indian Haj pilgrims to 2,00,000.

PM Modi and the Crown Prince issued a joint statement on Wednesday, 20 February in which the two leaders brought up the Pulwama terror attack saying that they have agreed that there is a need to put pressure on countries harbouring terrorism.