Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday reached Saudi Arabia to attend a meeting of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers today (Wednesday). The foreign minister will represent Pakistan in the meeting of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers being held in Makkah today (Wednesday) which will finally approve Makkah Declaration, the draft of the OIC summit, after mutual consultation.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will also undertake a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 30-31 to attend the OIC summit, besides holding talks with Saudi leadership on issues of mutual interest. Talking to media persons before leaving for Saudi Arabia, Qureshi said the Prime Minister would represent Pakistan in the OIC summit to be held on May 31.
Qureshi said the meeting was important because it would exchange views on the Middle East situation and new proposed peace plan. He said it was expected to discuss situation in the wake of the US-Iran standoff, adding Pakistan would present its point of view. The foreign minister said he would also be holding meetings with his counterparts from the OIC member countries on the sidelines of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.
He said that meeting of the Kashmir Contact Group was likely to be held on the sidelines of OIC summit to ponder upon the current situation in the Indian-held Kashmir. He said the real representatives of Kashmiris would apprise the group of human rights violations and atrocities being committed against the innocent people in the occupied territory.
The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers will be followed by the 14th Islamic Summit of the OIC on May 30 and 31, in which Prime Minister Khan will represent Pakistan. Diplomatic sources said that besides attending the OIC summit, the Prime Minister will also hold meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior Saudi leadership.
During the talks, they said the two sides were expected to hold discussions on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, cooperation in various areas including trade and economy as well as regional situation. On October 03, 2018, Saudi Arabia announced to give $6 billion bailout package for Pakistan's ailing economy - $ 3 billion balance of payments support and another $3bn in deferred payments on oil imports.
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