ISLAMABAD: Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malki met Pakistani railways minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad in Islamabad on Tuesday, the ministry of railways said, adding that the two nation's had always supported each other's stance on foreign policy issues. 

“Hearts of the people of both the countries beat together,” a statement released by Ahmad’s office said. “Relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are based on Islamic brotherhood and love … Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have always supported each other's position on international affairs.”

The meeting was a part of the Saudi envoy’s routine contacts with Pakistani lawmakers and officials. A day earlier, on Monday, opposition Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) politicians Senator Sherry Rehman and former deputy speaker national assembly Faisal Karim Kundi met the Saudi envoy at his office. 

During a press talk on Monday, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were aligned in their stance on Kashmir and their ties remained strong and stable.  

Qureshi’s remarks come just weeks after he sparked controversy with statements over the Organization of Islamic Countries being lukewarm on Pakistan’s territorial dispute with arch-rival India over Kashmir.