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ISLAMABAD: Amid tensions in the Gulf due to the US-Iran war and recent attacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday arrived in Jeddah on a three-day official visit during which he will meet the kingdom’s top leadership, including Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman.
Although Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir did not accompany the prime minister, he is expected to join the premier in Saudi Arabia later for important meetings.
On his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, the prime minister was received by Deputy Governor of the Makkah region Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz, and Minister for Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli.
An official in the Prime Minister’s Office told Dawn that soon after arriving in Makkah, the prime minister and his delegation would perform Umrah and meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday (today).
