India, April 23 -- India and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday unveiled a range of measures to boost defence cooperation and to bolster investments, including the setting of two oil refineries as joint ventures, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi curtailed his visit to the kingdom because of a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS as he is popularly known, co-chaired the second meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council, the apex body that oversees bilateral cooperation in a range of areas, during their meeting in Jeddah. They also held informal talks at Al Salam Palace, though Modi decided to skip a formal dinner after reports of the terror attack near Pahalgam came in.

After a meeting of...