The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad Saturday denied that the Kingdom has exerted pressure on Pakistan to stay away from Kuala Lumpur summit in Malaysia.

"The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan confirms that the news promoted by some parties about alleged pressure exerted on Pakistan by the Kingdom to discourage it from participating in the mini-summit held in Malaysia, are baseless and fake," the Embassy said in a press release.

The statement comes following media reports quoting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Pakistan had decided to stay away from the summit because of Saudi Arabia's threats of economic sanctions.

The Saudi Embassy stated: "These 'false' reports are already denied by the nature of solid brotherly relations between the two brotherly countries, and their agreement on the importance of the unity of the Islamic nation, maintaining the role of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), mutual respect for their sovereignty and the independence of their decisions, which is a key feature of the well-established historical relations between them."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019