ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan concluded his three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday after signing several agreements with the top leadership in the kingdom to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Khan arrived in the Kingdom on Friday alongside high-ranking Pakistani officials at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the two leaders held wide ranging bilateral and delegation level talks on Saturday in Jeddah.
On Saturday, PM Khan and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed an agreement to establish the Saudi-Pakistan Supreme Coordination Council in Jeddah before vowing to deepen Pakistan-Saudi ties in all fields.
“It was agreed to further strengthen, deepen and diversify the existing bilateral political, economic, trade, defense and security ties,” PM Khan’s office said in a statement on Saturday night.
“Special emphasis was laid on increasing Saudi investments in Pakistan, collaboration in the field of energy, and increased job opportunities for Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia,” it added.
In another joint statement issued on Saturday, the two leaders also discussed ways to strengthen and enhance economic and trade ties by exploring areas of investment and opportunities in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan and Pakistan’s development priorities.
“Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed to continue supporting each other at multilateral fora. They agreed to further deepen coordination and cooperation to safeguard mutual interests and uphold the principles of fairness and justice,” it said.
Before leaving for Pakistan on Sunday, PM Khan addressed a gathering of overseas Pakistanis where over two million Pakistanis live and work in Saudi Arabia, which is the largest source of remittances to Pakistan.
PM Khan returns home after three-day visit to Saudi Arabia
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PM Khan returns home after three-day visit to Saudi Arabia
- Inks several agreements with top leadership in the Kingdom during the three-day trip
- Agreements include the establishment of a Saudi-Pakistani Supreme Coordination Council
Dozens protest in Pakistan against US military action in Venezuela
- US military forces last week attacked oil-rich Venezuela, capturing its president Nicolas Maduro
- Protesters demand US President Donald Trump be tried for “war crimes” in Palestine, Venezuela
KARACHI, Reuters: Dozens of protesters demonstrated in front of the Karachi Press Club on Sunday to condemn the United States’ military intervention in Venezuela and the capture of president Nicolas Maduro more than 24 hours earlier.
Maduro is in a New York detention center awaiting a Monday court appearance on drug charges, after US President Donald Trump ordered his removal and said the US would take control of Venezuela. But in Caracas, top officials in Maduro’s government, who have called the detentions of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores a kidnapping, were still in charge.
Organized by the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF) and the Home-Based Women Workers Federation, Pakistan (HBWWF), demonstrators in Karachi demanded the immediate release of Maduro.
“We demand that a case of criminal war crimes be filed against Trump in the International Court of Justice,” Nasir Mansoor, NTUF general secretary, said at the protest.
“He has killed thousands of Palestinians. He has attacked an independent country, with which there was no dispute, on a false accusation, and has abducted its president. This is a very dangerous trend and should be condemned.”
Z)ehra Khan, the HBWWF’s general secretary, demanded Washington stop its “imperialist expansion.”
“You can see that from Palestine to the whole world, it has unleashed a war, and this war should end,” she said. “And we reject any occupation of any country by another country, under any circumstances.”
The US move has caused deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich South American nation and provoked strong condemnation from a number of leaders in Latin America as well as the United Nations which described it as a dangerous precedent and convened a meeting of the Security Council for Monday.
