ISLAMABAD: Mending fences with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia makes big decisionover Occupied Kashmir cause.
Saudi Arabia to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of member statesof the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for a discussion on thesituation in Indian-occupied Kashmir, according to a diplomatic source.
This was conveyed by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin FarhanAl-Saud during a meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at theForeign Office.
Prince Faisal was on a day-long visit to Pakistan to convey the Saudileadership’s gratitude for not participating in the recently held KualaLumpur summit in view of the kingdom’s reservations and dispelling theimpression that Riyadh’s attitude towards Islamabad was patronising.
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Prince Faisal also called on Prime Minister Imran Khan. The meeting wasalso attended by Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary SohailMahmood, ISI Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and other senior officials.
The KL summit had found strong support in Pakistan because of SaudiArabia’s growing trade ties with India and OIC’s failure to take strongstance on Muslim causes.
