ISLAMABAD – Islamabad has requested the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for adeferred payment facility for oil imports akin to the one secured withSaudi Arabia earlier this week.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the media that the UAEdeputation is visiting Pakistan under the patronage of UAE Crown princeSheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed to talk about mutually beneficial projects whichboth brotherly nations can commence.

The foreign minister said the delegation mentioned the bilateral relationsbetween the two nation were decades old, but there had been a dip in themin the past 4-5 years.