Saudi king, crown prince send felicitation messages to Pakistan on Independence Day

ISLAMABAD: King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday sent felicitation messages to President Arif Alvi on the 75th Independence Day of the South Asian nation.
According to the kingdom’s official news agency, the Saudi royals wished the president good health and happiness while hoping for steady progress and prosperity for the people of Pakistan.
The two Muslim countries have always cherished close diplomatic relations and are collaborating with each other in a number of areas.
Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Saudi crown prince signed an important agreement last May to establish the Saudi-Pakistan Supreme Coordination Council to streamline the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Prior to that, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed on a number of investment deals during the crown prince’s visit to Islamabad in February 2019.
The kingdom is home to more than two million Pakistanis and has been the top source of workers’ remittances to the South Asian nation.
The Pakistani workers based in Saudi Arabia remitted $7.6 billion to their homeland in the last fiscal year alone.
Among other areas of cooperation, the two countries are working with each other on environmental issues.