Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani while leading a delegation held high-level important meetings with the Monarch of Jordon King Abdullah II and the Prime Minister of Jordon Dr Hani Almulki and exchanged views on matters of mutual interests including regional situation.
Rabbani said political uncertainty, internal conflicts and external interventions in the Middle Eastern and South Asia regions have underpinned the significance for enhanced regional cooperation and work jointly for the betterment of the masses to give peace a chance to flourish and achieve socio-economic prosperity of the region. Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani is leading a delegation comprising of Senators Sardar Azam Khan Musakhel, Muhammad Javed Abbasi and Brigadier John Kenneth Williams (retd). The delegation was received by the President of the Jordanian Senate Faisal Akef Al Fayez, said a press release.
Chairman Senate expressed his gratitude to king of Jordon over the cordial hospitality extended to the delegation during the visit. He appreciated his capable leadership for leading Jordan as a bastion of peace in the middle of a tumultuous region. He expressed satisfaction over the growing cooperation between the Senates of the two countries and the signing of the agreement between the two Senates early during 2017. He expressed solidarity with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on its support to the Palestinian cause and apprised the King on the Indian atrocities in Occupied Jammu & Kashmir and the working boundary. He said that pallet guns were used on innocent citizens due to which many including children and women lost their eyes and injured many others. He said that occupied Kashmir and Palestine are the oldest issues on the agenda of UN.
Rabbani also met with the Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Dr Hani Al Mulki along with the delegation. Chairman Senate expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister over the cordial welcome extended to the delegation and expressed satisfaction over the ever growing relations between the two countries. He commended the efforts made by Jordan to ensure stability, peace and security in the Middle Eastern Region and for the Muslim Ummah. He emphasized the need to hold Pakistan-Jordan Strategic Dialogue in the near future and reiterated the request for the King's visit to Pakistan.-PR