Saudi state minister to arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday for day-long official visit

Published September 3, 2019
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir will reach Pakistan on Wednesday for a day-long official visit.
— AFP/File
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir will reach Pakistan on Wednesday for a day-long official visit. — AFP/File

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir will reach Pakistan on Wednesday for a day-long official visit.

According to the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad, during the visit the Saudi minister will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss bilateral matters and the regional situation.

Meanwhile, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that Prime Minister Imran and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed "latest developments in the region" in a phone call.

According to SPA, the kingdom's official news agency, the two "reviewed relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the region".

The call between the two leaders, the second one in less than a month, comes as Prime Minister Imran continues to raise the issue of occupied Kashmir at different platforms.

India on August 5 unilaterally decided to revoke Article 370 of its constitution, which granted special autonomy to occupied Kashmir. A crippling curfew was imposed in the disputed region which has entered its fifth week.

Following the move by India, Prime Minister Imran reached out to different world leaders, including the crown prince, to share concern over the condition in occupied Kashmir. On August 27, he briefed the crown prince on the latest developments in occupied Kashmir in a telephonic conversation.

Read: PM Imran briefs Saudi crown prince over occupied Kashmir's situation

SPA had reported that the crown prince and premier discussed the regional situation along with the ongoing situation in occupied Kashmir.

Earlier, a brief Saudi statement on the Kashmir events said the kingdom "is following up on the current situation" and called for a "peaceful settlement" in line with international resolutions.

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