PM Shehbaz departs for Saudi Arabia to attend the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh

ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has departed for Saudi Arabia to attend the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh. PM Shehbaz Sharif will represent Pakistan in the second Joint Arab Islamic Summit being held in Riyadh today (Monday).

Besides, addressing the forum, he is also expected to hold meetings with the world leaders, on the sidelines of the summit.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar Advocate and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Syed Tariq Fatemi are accompanying PM Shehbaz Sharif.

This extraordinary summit has been convened by Saudi Arabia to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including Gaza, Palestine. Heads of states and governments from Arab League and OIC member countries are participating in the summit.

According to Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the Summit has been convened at the initiative of Saudi Arabia to discuss the situation in the Middle East.

At the Summit, the Prime Minister will reiterate Pakistan’s full support to the Palestinian cause. He will call for an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza, urging an urgent and unconditional ceasefire and immediate cessation of the ongoing Israeli adventurism in the region that is endangering security of the countries in the Middle East.

Pakistan will also call for providing international protection for the Palestinian people and for establishment of an independent state of Palestine on the border of 1967 with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

On the sidelines of the Summit, the Prime Minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with leaders from other Arab League and OIC Member States.

Heads of State and governments and senior officials from Arab League and the OIC member countries are participating in the Summit.