Top Saudi diplomat to visit Pakistan

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir is due to arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday for a day-long official visit.

The Saudi minister will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss bilateral matters and the regional situation.

Meanwhile, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that Prime Minister Imran and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed “latest developments in the region” in a phone call.

According to SPA, the kingdom’s official news agency, the two “reviewed relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the region”.

The call between the two leaders, the third one in less than a month, comes as Prime Minister Imran continues to raise the issue of occupied Kashmir at different platforms.