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- Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed Al Malkiy calls on PM Shehbaz Sharif.
- The ambassador extends felicitations on assuming premier’s office.
- Envoy expresses confidence in Shehbaz’s leadership for bolstering ties.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday underscored Pakistan’s commitment to further advance its historic and longstanding relations by exploring new avenues of cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
The prime minister expressed these views while talking to Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Bin Saeed Al-Maliki, who called on him to congratulate him on assuming office, according to a statement from the PM Office.
The government looked forward to benefitting from Saudi Arabia in its expertise in various sectors including education, health, information technology, and alternative clean energy resources, the prime minister said.
The Saudi envoy congratulated PM Shehbaz and expressed confidence that under his leadership, friendly relations between the two countries would further grow.