DUBAI: Senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt held a meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in the Middle East, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry reported.
The meeting was intended as a follow-up to talks held by the foreign ministers of these nations on March 29. It comes amid a volatile regional situation with Pakistan brokering a fragile ceasefire to the US and Israel’s war on Iran.
According to Al Ekhbariya, the officials discussed ways to enhance coordination that would help secure security and stability in the region.
Pakistan’s delegation to the meeting was led by Ambassador Tahir Andrabi, additional foreign secretary and spokesperson.
The delegations of Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were headed respectively by Ambassador Musa Kulaklikaya, deputy foreign minister; Ambassador Nazih El-Naggari, assistant foreign minister; and Prince Dr. Abdullah bin Khalid bin Saud Al-Kabeer Al-Saud, director-general of the Kingdom’s foreign ministry.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said deliberations at the meeting will be submitted for consideration at the Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the four countries in Antalya, Turkiye, on April 17.
