ISLAMABAD: On the invitation of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Saudi Arabia by the end of Ramadan, Khan’s special adviser on religious harmony and the Middle East said on Monday.
Last month Khan spoke with the crown prince in a wide-ranging phone call and accepted an invitation to visit the kingdom “in the near future.”
“Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the invitation of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, will visit Saudi Arabia by the end of Ramadan,” Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi told Arab News. “All issues of bilateral relations will come under discussion during the visit, including cooperation in economy, trade, religious affairs, tourism and especially the green revolution. Prime minister will also perform Umrah during the visit.”
Ashrafi said a special focus of the visit would be to increasing Pakistani cooperation in the recently launched Saudi Green revolution project.
The crown prince last month called the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Sudan to discuss a massive regional tree-planting project. The Saudi Green Initiative is part of the prince’s Vision 2030 plan to reduce its reliance on oil revenues and improve quality of life. The crown prince unveiled the ambitious campaign at the end of March that will see Saudi Arabia planting 10 billion trees in the coming decades and working with other Arab states to plant another 40 billion trees, reduce carbon emissions and combat pollution and land degradation.
“It is expected that big progress will be announced on the green revolution,” Ashrafi added.
“Am delighted to learn of ‘Green Saudi Arabia’ & ‘Green Middle East’ initiatives by my brother, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman!” Khan had written on Twitter last month. “Have offered our support on these as there are many complementarities with our ‘Clean & Green Pakistan’ & ‘10 Billion-Tree Tsunami’.”
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