Saudi foreign minister meets Pakistani PM Imran Khan on sidelines of OIC Afghanistan meeting

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Islamabad. (SPA)
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan meets his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad. (SPA)
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan meets his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Islamabad. (SPA)
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan meets OIC Secretary-General Hissein Taha in Islamabad. (SPA)
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan meets President of the Islamic Development Bank Dr. Mohammed Al-Jasser in Islamabad. (SPA)
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Updated 20 December 2021
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Saudi foreign minister meets Pakistani PM Imran Khan on sidelines of OIC Afghanistan meeting

  • The two sides also discussed aspects of joint coordination to support security and stability in Afghanistan
  • Prince Faisal also held talks with his Pakistani and Indonesian counterparts on the sidelines of the OIC meeting

LONDON: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on Sunday.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of an extraordinary session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Kingdom’s foreign ministry said.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan called on the international community to support Afghanistan in combating terrorism and extremism, and the Afghan economy from collapse, which may affect the region and the world.
During the meeting, Prince Faisal conveyed greetings from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the prime minister and the Pakistani government and people.
The two sides reviewed the results of the extraordinary OIC session, which was called for by Saudi Arabia in its capacity as the head of the organization’s current summit.
The two sides also discussed aspects of joint coordination to support security and stability in Afghanistan and to provide humanitarian and relief assistance to the Afghan people through the OIC and international organizations.

They also discussed aspects of the historical and well-established relations between the two countries and ways of strengthening them in all fields, in addition to intensifying bilateral coordination on issues of common interest, the foreign ministry said.
Khan praised the Kingdom for its initiative to convene the extraordinary session and said he hoped “the world would not repeat the mistake of disengaging with Afghanistan.”
He underscored the special significance of the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relationship, which is based on close fraternal ties, historic links, and support at the gross-roots level, his office said in a statement.
Prince Faisal held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on the sidelines of the OIC meeting.
He also held talks with OIC Secretary-General Hissein Taha and President of the Islamic Development Bank Dr. Mohammed Al-Jasser.


Commander of Royal Saudi Air Force receives Military Order of Oman

Updated 24 December 2025
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Commander of Royal Saudi Air Force receives Military Order of Oman

  • Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman conferred the order upon Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz

LONDON: Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, the commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force, received on Wednesday the Military Order of Oman (Second Class) in recognition of his efforts and contributions in strengthening military cooperation between Oman and Saudi Arabia.

The order was presented by Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al-Said, the deputy prime minister for defense affairs, when he received the Saudi Air Force commander in his office at Al-Murtafa’a Camp in Muscat.

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman conferred the order upon Lt. Gen. Abdulaziz, according to the Oman News Agency.

Several Omani officials, including Air Vice Marshal Khamis bin Hammad Al-Ghafri, the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman, attended the ceremony. Also present were the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Oman Ibrahim bin Saad bin Bishan, and the military attache from the Saudi Embassy in Muscat.

In a separate meeting on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. Abdulaziz and his Omani counterpart Al-Ghafri discussed training and drills between the two air forces, as well as aspects of military cooperation.