Saudi defence minister arrives in Islamabad

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ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, who is also the minister for defence, has arrived in Islamabad.

Adviser to Prime Minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif welcomed the Saudi defence minister at the air post.

This is the second high-profile visitor from Riyadh in three days. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir visited Islamabad on Thursday for discussing Riyadh’s tensions with Tehran and the counter-terrorism coalition that Saudi Arabia has announced. Prince Muhammad would follow up on the discussions FM Jubeir had here.

He would meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif and Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif and other high-ups.