ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to further deepen bilateral cooperation between the two countries across all fields, the Pakistani foreign office said on Sunday.
The statement came after a meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2023 in Germany.
“The foreign minister appreciated Saudi Arabia’s consistent friendship & support for Pakistan,” the Pakistani foreign office wrote on Twitter Sunday.
“Reaffirming fraternal relations between Pakistan & Saudi Arabia, two FMs reiterated mutual commitment to further enhance & deepen bilateral cooperation across all fields.”
Pakistan has strong political, cultural, economic, and defense ties with Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is also home to more than 2.5 million Pakistani expatriates and a key source of remittances and oil supply to Islamabad.
Bhutto-Zardari has also held meetings with his counterparts from Jordan, Finland and Malta on the sidelines of the Munich conference.
