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During the Cold War global dynamics, India and Saudi Arabia drifted apart despite the initial rendezvous when Nehru and Saud exchanged visits in 1955–56. Gradually, Saudi Arabia became closer to the US while India adopted Non-Alignment and progressively a pro-Soviet policy, resulting in little interest convergence between India and Saudi Arabia during much of the Cold War era.
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This was slightly smaller than the Bandung conference of 1955 where 29 countries took part. The following countries’ heads of state participated in the Belgrade summit of NAM : Afghanistan, Algeria, Burma (now Myanmar), Cambodia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Ghana Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Republic, Yemen and Yugoslavia, and the following countries were represented by observers: Bolivia, Brazil and Ecuador.
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Soviet tanks entered Budapest in the early hours of 24 October 1956, hours after popular protests were held in the Hungarian capital whereas the Israeli aggression against Egypt began on 29 October.
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The conference was boycotted by Syria.
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On the other hand, Hamid Ansari , former Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and later Vice-President, has argued that India should not seek an observer status in the OIC ; see (Ansari 2006).
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In line with the practice of many Islamic countries, Bangladesh continues to maintain that its passports are valid for all the countries, except Israel.
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He visited France in September 1975.
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Kumaraswamy, P.R., Quamar, M.M. (2019). Drifting Apart. In: India's Saudi Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0794-2_3
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