PM Khan phones Saudi crown prince, condemns attack on oil facilities

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the phone Monday night to condemn the attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
"During the telephone conversation, the Pakistani Prime Minister expressed Pakistan’s full support and stand for the Kingdom with all its capabilities to confront these sabotage activities which threaten the global economy and the Kingdom’s security,” the SPA reported.  
The Pakistani premier reiterated his country’s support to Saudi Arabia against any terror attack and vowed to stand by Saudi Arabia in case of any threat to the sanctity and security of the two holy mosques.
Khan also expressed full support and solidarity with the brotherly nation against any threat to its security and territorial integrity. The Saudi crown prince said that Saudi Arabia has capability to fight against terrorists, the local media reported on Tuesday.
The rebel Houthi group in Yemen claimed responsibility for the horrific Saturday attack, which damaged the world’s biggest crude oil processing plant cutting the Kingdom’s oil production by more than half.
On Monday, the Saudi-led coalition said that the attack on Saudi oil facilities was carried out with Iranian weapons, an allegation that Tehran denied.
However, US President Donald Trump, said that Washington was “locked and loaded” to hit back while US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry termed the incident “an attack on global economy.”
The US Ambassador to the UN Security council, Kelly Craft, also maintained that emerging information on the attacks “indicates that responsibility lies with Iran” and that there is no evidence the attack came from Yemen.