Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir.

Terror remained the chief focus with PM calling for "irreversible, verifiable and credible steps against all terrorists" without "any discrimination."

According to Ministry of external affairs release, PM Modi told the Turkish President that "terrorism remains one of the gravest threats to global peace and security" while Turkish President expressed his condolences for the victims of recent terror attacks in India.

In his meetings with junior Saudi foreign minister Al Jubeir in Delhi, Prime Minister thanked the "leadership of Saudi Arabia for expressing full solidarity with India" in the fight against "terrorism in all its forms and manifestations". Al Jubeir briefed the Prime Minister on the "follow up" of the outcomes of the visit of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in February 2019.

There have been a number of high-level engagement between India and Saudi Arabia in the last few weeks. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was in India for a state visit from 19th to 20th February while Indian External Affairs minister meet Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs in UAE on the sidelines of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers meet in early march.

The Saudi minister also met External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and agreed to set up the Strategic Partnership Council at the earliest. This is the 2nd meet between the 2 ministers in last 2 weeks.

With UAE, PM thanked the Crown Prince for extending the invitation to India for the organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign minister meet in Abu Dhabi in early March. The MEA release said, "He expressed the hope that this historical participation would contribute to attaining the common objectives of peace and progress."

India was invited as the guest of honour at the OIC FMs meet for the first time much to the chagrin of Pakistan who tried to scuttle New Delhi's presence but ended up boycotting the meet itself. This is the 2nd conversation between the 2 leaders in the last 10 days.

It is interesting to know, PM Modi also had a video conference with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during which both the leaders unveiled e-plaques for development projects in Bangladesh.

Both leaders unveiled e-plaques for the supply of buses and trucks, inaugurated 36 community clinics, 11 water treatment plants, and extension of India's National Knowledge Network to Bangladesh. This was the sixth video conference of PM modi with Bangla PM Sheikh Hasina.

During the conversation, PM reiterated India’s support for Bangladesh's development and expressed confidence that bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh would continue to grow even further.