KARACHI: A top Saudi business delegation visiting Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Thursday said it was prioritizing investment in food security, energy, mining and tourism as part of Riyadh’s broader push to integrate with Pakistan’s economy and expand cooperation across key sectors.
The delegation, led by Prince Mansour bin Mohammed bin Saad Al Saud, chairman of the Saudi-Pakistan Joint Business Council, is visiting to deepen economic ties and further enhance bilateral collaboration after the two countries signed a defense pact last month, which stated that an attack on one of them would be treated as an attack on both.
“Our council is looking ... to be here in Pakistan,” he said. “Mainly, our priority is always going to be the food security.”
He maintained that the initiative to visit Pakistan was driven by Saudi leadership’s vision.
“Our leadership in Saudi Arabia has instructed us to be part of Pakistan’s economy,” said the leader of the delegation.
