ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new ambassador to Riyadh, Lt. Gen. (r) Bilal Akbar, met with Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, in Riyadh on Sunday to discuss Prime Minister Imran Khan’s upcoming visit to the Kingdom, Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh tweeted.
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, H.E. Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki met today Ambassador of Pakistan to KSA, H.E Bilal Akbar at Embassy, Riyadh. The two Ambassadors discussed matters pertaining to the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to KSA. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/3pUJC37bTo
— Pakistan Embassy Saudi Arabia (@PakinSaudiArab) May 2, 2021
During the meeting, both ambassadors reaffirmed their resolve to further strengthen the “time tested brotherhood and friendship between the two countries, with a renewed emphasis on economic cooperation.”
Both Ambassadors affirmed their resolve to further strengthening the time tested brotherhood and friendship between the two countries, with a renewed emphasis on economic cooperation.
2/2 @ForeignOfficePk— Pakistan Embassy Saudi Arabia (@PakinSaudiArab) May 2, 2021
A source familiar with the matter told Arab News last week that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s three-day trip to Saudi Arabia is scheduled to begin on May 7.
PM Khan will be visiting the Kingdom on the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Last week, Ambassador Al-Malki told Arab News that “this visit will further strengthen relations between both countries in all fields,” adding that “there will be many memoranda of understanding” signed during the visit.
The two countries had inked agreements for $20 billion investment projects, during the crown prince’s visit to Pakistan in February 2019.
Al-Malki said that while work on the projects had “already begun,” a planned preferential trade agreement would also lead to broader economic cooperation.
