{"id":28904,"date":"2025-11-15T18:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/?p=28904"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:05:58","slug":"shehbaz-sharif-king-abdullah-ii-meet-to-strengthen-defense-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/?p=28904","title":{"rendered":"Shehbaz Sharif, King Abdullah II meet to strengthen defense ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and Jordan have reaffirmed the commitment to enhance their strategic and economic ties and expand mutually beneficial collaboration at regional and international fora.The affirmation came during meeting between Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and King of Jordan King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein at Prime Minister House, Islamabad on Saturday. The discussions focused on further deepening bilateral relations and exploring avenues for enhanced cooperation in economy, trade, investment, health, science and technology, education and defence sector.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The meeting also featured a comprehensive exchange of views on regional security and peace initiatives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The two leaders agreed to enhance coordination among the eight Arab Islamic countries that are working with the United States on Gaza ceasefire and Gaza Peace Plan signed in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both leaders acknowledged the unanimity of views and principled positions taken by their countries regarding the post-war Gaza which includes zero-tolerance for any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. The King of Jordan praised Pakistan&#8217;s consistent support for his country&#8217;s role in regional stability and humanitarian efforts during the Gaza conflict and in post- war Gaza.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Prime Minister welcomed King Abdullah II&#8217;s visit to Pakistan, highlighting it as a testament to the enduring friendship between Pakistan and Jordan.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He also updated the King on recent developments in Pakistan&#8217;s neighbourhood, especially Afghanistan and India. The King acknowledged Pakistan&#8217;s key role in maintaining peace and stability in the region.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both dignitaries witnessed an\u00a0MoU exchange ceremony\u00a0in the fields of media, culture, and education. The Prime Minister also hosted a banquet in honour of the King and his accompanying delegation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and Jordan have reaffirmed the commitment to enhance their strategic and economic ties and expand mutually beneficial collaboration at regional and international fora.The affirmation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diplomacypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}