ISLAMABAD – Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad Nawaf Saeed Al-Malikihas responded over the PM Imran Khan’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision to choose Saudi Arabia asthe destination of his first official visit abroad confirmed that theIslamic Republic of Pakistan considered the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as thefirst country in the list of its strategic allies.
“This visit carries many messages, the most important of which is thatSaudi Arabia and Pakistan ties are like one soul and two bodies which cannot be separated,” he said in an interview to Al Arabiya.
Al-Maliki said the first foreign visit of Prime Minister Imran Khanincluded cooperation in the fields of economics and culture as well asmilitary, and it would be followed with subsequent visits.
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He said Khan’s visit to Saudi Arabia had many dimensions, it would help infurther strengthening and deepening the bilateral, brotherly, strategic andeconomic relations, underscoring that Saudi Arabia had always stood withPakistan in difficult times and crises.
He said Khan’s choice of Saudi Arabia for his first official visitconfirmed the sincere expression of the new government of Pakistan thatSaudi Arabia is its important strategic ally.
