JEDDAH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir as they co-chaired the Strategic Partnership Council, aimed at further strengthening the friendship between the two countries.

The prime minister, who arrived in Jeddah earlier in the day, decided to cut short his two-day visit and departed for New Delhi on Tuesday night following the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, where terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists. He was originally scheduled to return to India on Wednesday night.

Modi also delayed his scheduled meeting with the Crown Prince by at least two hours to assess the situation in Kashmir.