New Delhi, April 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

PM Modi is visiting Saudi Arabia from April 22 to 23 at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.

Since 2014, PM Modi has transformed the trajectory of India's relations with Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries.

This will be PM Modi's third visit to the country, following earlier visits in 2016 and 2019.

All other Prime Ministers before him together visited Saudi Arabia three times in seven decades.

This also marks his 15th visit to a country in the Gulf region.

"Today, I embark on a two-day State visit to the Kingdom of Saudi at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister...