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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is acceptable to sojourn Saudi Arabia wrong the adjacent 48 hours aft receiving an invitation from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Geo News reported connected Monday. The travel comes astatine a clip erstwhile a ceasefire, which began connected Tuesday, is successful spot aft six weeks of warring that killed thousands, disrupted vigor supplies, and raised fears of a wider determination conflict.
Although Iran has halted attacks connected US sites successful Gulf nations, tensions stay high.Days earlier the planned visit, talks successful Islamabad ran from Saturday into aboriginal Sunday but ended without a ceremonial statement contempt lasting 21 hours. Following the discussions, the US subject announced it would statesman a blockade of each maritime postulation entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, putting the fragile two-week ceasefire astatine risk.During his sojourn to Riyadh, Sharif is expected to clasp consultations connected cardinal determination and planetary developments. Financial practice is besides apt to beryllium a large focus, peculiarly aft Riyadh and Doha announced $5 cardinal successful assistance for Pakistan.Shehbaz Sharif volition beryllium accompanied by Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir, lawman premier curate and overseas curate Ishaq Dar and peculiar adjunct Syed Tariq Fatemi.
Finance imnister Muhammad Aurangzeb is besides expected to articulation the delegation, taxable to the completion of his ongoing sojourn to the United States.In parallel, Pakistan has sent combatant jets and different subject forces to Saudi Arabia to fortify information nether a defence pact betwixt the 2 countries. The agreement, signed successful September 2025, commits some sides to dainty immoderate aggression against either state arsenic an onslaught connected both, deepening their long-standing information partnership.
