Saudi crown prince expected to visit Pakistan this month
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman is expected to visit Pakistan later this month, according to official sources.
“He is expected to visit on November 21,” a senior Pakistani official shared on condition of anonymity as the date of the visit is yet to be announced officially.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with the crown prince and premier on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. There, he expressed his determination to further strengthen the partnership between the two countries, said a statement issued by Sharif’s office.
“Looking forward to the upcoming visit of the (Saudi) Crown Prince to Pakistan,” Sharif said, adding that he was confident that this visit would promote bilateral cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.
The Pakistani premier emphasized the importance of increasing trade, investment, development and people-to-people ties between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said last week that Islamabad was in negotiations with Riyadh for $4.2 billion of financial support.
“Saudi Arabia had also agreed to revive the $10-12bn petrochemical refining project at Gwadar,” the daily Dawn quoted Dar as saying. Gwadar is a port city on southwestern Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coast.
During his Tuesday meeting with bin Salman, Sharif also praised Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and cooperation towards the 2 million Pakistanis working in the kingdom.
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