Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd bin sultan Abdulaziz Al Saud, governor of the kingdom’s Tabuk province, has congratulated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the prince “congratulated the prime minister on Pakistan’s remarkable diplomatic efforts”, to which the premier expressed gratitude and said that Pakistan’s peace efforts “were aimed at ensuring regional peace and stability, with the support of brotherly countries, including Saudi Arabia”.

“While recalling the historic brotherly ties between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister expressed his deepest gratitude to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his affection for Pakistan,” the statement adds.

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