ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi conferred Nishan e Imtiaz (military)upon Chief of the General Staff, Royal Saudi Armed Forces, Kingdom of SaudiArabia General Fayiadh Bin Hamed Bin Ragad Al-Rowaily in a specialinvestiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, NI(M) and other senior officers were also present during the ceremony.
Chief of the General Staff, Royal Saudi Armed Forces also called onPresident Dr Arif Alvi and discussed matters of mutual interest.
Speaking on the occasion, the president said Pakistan attaches greatimportance to its unique and brotherly relations with the Kingdom of SaudiArabia which are based on mutual trust and wishes to expand cooperation inall fields.
Arif Alvi expressed satisfaction at close defence cooperation between thetwo countries which has further scope for growth particularly in the fieldof defence production. He also highlighted the ever-accelerating trade andinvestment relations between both countries.
He also underlined that Pakistani expatriates are making a tremendouscontribution to the progress and development of Saudi Arabia and they canplay an important role in the implementation of Vision 2030 projects.
Chief of the General Staff, Royal Saudi Armed Forces, Kingdom of SaudiArabia General Fayiadh Bin Hamed Bin Ragad Al-Rowaily thanked the presidentand the government of Pakistan for this honour and hoped that bilateralrelations between the two brotherly countries would further grow infuture…