India and Saudi Arabia

India scores 32/100 toward Saudi Arabia (unfriendliness, pressure), while Saudi Arabia scores 28/100 back.

India toward Saudi Arabia

India is officially 'closely following' the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Mecca defence pact with clear concern, framing it as a strategic challenge and potential encirclement threat. Indian media and government signals are cautious to wary, not openly hostile, but the pact has measurably cooled the relationship.

Saudi Arabia toward India

Saudi Arabia's entry into the Mecca Pact with Pakistan and Turkey—explicitly framed in multiple outlets as weakening India—signals a strategic alignment against Indian interests, compounded by Saudi-Israel tensions threatening IMEC, a project India champions.

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