Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saturday postponed his trip to Pakistan.
\nForeign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, in a brief statement issued in this regard, confirmed that the visit is being rescheduled.
\n\u201cThe new dates will be mutually finalised by the two sides,\u201d she said.
\nThe crown prince was invited by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on a telephone conversation between the two in September.
\nIt would have been the first visit by the Saudi crown prince to Pakistan after the change of government in Pakistan in April this year.
\nIslamabad hoped to get a $4.2 billion bailout package from Riyadh during the Saudi crown prince’s visit, diplomatic sources had said.
\nThe Saudi leader\u2019s rare visit was tentatively scheduled for November 21.
\nMoreover, Saudi Arabia was also expected to make solid investments in Pakistan. Sources also said that a number of Pakistan-Saudi petroleum agreements were being finalised for signing during the visit of his excellency.
\nThe government was also counting on a likely agreement that will help round up financial support from Saudi Arabia for the establishment of a state-of-the-art refinery in Gwadar.
\nThe crown prince had last visited Pakistan in February 2019 during the term of former prime minister Imran Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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