Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, arrived in India on Tuesday, the second leg of an Asian tour that he kicked off in Pakistan on Sunday.
He was received at New Delhi airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Crown Prince Mohammed is expected to make an effort to defuse tensions between India and Pakistan as New Delhi weighs its response to a suicide bombing last week that killed at least 40 Indian soldiers in disputed Kashmir.
Ties between India and Saudi Arabia have strengthened since Modi visited Riyadh in 2016 for the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with intelligence-gathering on money laundering and terrorism financing.
Other agreements are expected to be signed Wednesday in investment, tourism, housing and communications.
Crown Prince Mohammed is set to travel to China to complete his Asia tour.
