ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s much-anticipated go to to Pakistan is “on the playing cards”, International Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed on Tuesday.
Addressing the media on the Ministry of International Affairs in Islamabad, Dar, who can be the Deputy Prime Minister, mentioned the ultimate dates of his go to needs to be obtained by the dominion this month.
“InshaAllah, the go to is due (and I imagine) we are able to obtain the ultimate dates (of the go to from Saudi Arabia) anytime in Could,” he added.
His assertion got here the day after Geo Information Citing sources, they mentioned that the Saudi crown prince is anticipated to go to Pakistan between Could 10 and 15.
This may be the primary go to by the Saudi crown prince, also referred to as MBS, to Pakistan in 5 years, having final visited the nation in February 2019 underneath former prime minister Imran Khan.
“As of now, the (Saudi crown prince’s) go to is in play,” the international minister mentioned in response to a query.
Recalling the current assembly of his Pakistani delegation with the Saudi Crown Prince in Mecca, the Deputy Prime Minister mentioned that Prince Salman had assured Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that he would pay a go to to Pakistan.
The Crown Prince knowledgeable Prime Minister Shehbaz within the month of Ramadan that he would go to Pakistan after the preliminary conferences between Pakistan and Saudi officers, FM Dar mentioned.
Following the Prime Minister’s Ramadan go to to Saudi Arabia, Saudi International Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud led a ministerial delegation on an official go to to Pakistan from April 15-16.
The aim of the go to was to comply with up on the settlement between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Crown Prince throughout their current assembly in Makkah Al Mukarramah and to speed up talks on enhanced bilateral financial cooperation, the international ministry mentioned.
A 50-member high-level Saudi commerce delegation led by Deputy Funding Minister Ibrahim Almubarak additionally visited Pakistan on Could 5-6 to discover numerous avenues of commerce and funding to additional strengthen and promote bilateral relations.
Pakistan is looking for billions of {dollars} in funding from Gulf international locations, significantly Saudi Arabia, whereas the dominion final month doubled down on its dedication to speed up the preliminary section of its $5 billion funding in Pakistan.
