ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia early next month, the foreign office said on Thursday, while a source familiar with the matter told Arab News the three-day trip will start on May 7.
Khan will be visiting the kingdom on the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“I can confirm that Prime Minister Imran Khan will be undertaking an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, early next month,” foreign office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri told reporters during a weekly press briefing.
While Chaudhri said more details will be shared “in due course,” according to the source who will be accompanying Khan during the visit, the trip will take place on May 7-9.
“During the visit prime minister will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Saudi leaders. Many MoUs and agreements are expected to be signed,” the source said, adding that before to the prime minister’s trip, armed forces chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa will arrive in the kingdom on May 4.
Khan’s entourage, he said, will include several members of the cabinet: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, the PM’s special aide on the Middle East, Tahir Ashrafi, and the PM’s adviser on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam.
#LISTEN: Former Pakistani diplomat @hafiz_javed highlights the importance of #Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to #SaudiArabia, scheduled on May 7-9.
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