ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan’s “complete solidarity” with Saudi Arabia during a phone call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday, a day after Riyadh bombed a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates in Yemen that it said was intended for separatist forces.
The conversation came a day after Sharif met UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Rahim Yar Khan, a city in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, where the Emirati ruler made a private stay following an official visit to Islamabad last weekend.
Pakistan maintains close ties with both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with the two Gulf states playing a key role in supporting its fragile economy.
“The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone conversation with His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this evening,” the PM Office said in a statement circulated in Islamabad.
It said the two leaders “discussed and exchanged views on the regional situation and current developments.”
