Pakistan PM Reaffirms Solidarity With Saudi Crown Prince After Yemen Strike

Islamabad – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated Pakistan’s full support for Saudi Arabia during a telephone conversation with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The call followed a day after Saudi forces struck a weapons shipment in Yemen, which Riyadh said had been sent from the United Arab Emirates and was meant for separatist groups.

The exchange took place shortly after Prime Minister Sharif’s meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Rahim Yar Khan, located in eastern Punjab. The Emirati leader was on a private visit to the city after concluding his official trip to Islamabad over the 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.

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“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.”

“The Prime Minister emphasized upon the need to maintain unity and harmony among the ranks of the Ummah, in the midst of various current challenges,” the statement added. “While expressing Pakistan’s complete solidarity with the Kingdom, the Prime Minister said that it was imperative to maintain regional peace and stability through dialogue and diplomacy.”

The Saudi bombing of the UAE shipment in Yemen’s southern port city of Mukalla came after heightened tensions linked to advances by the Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council in the war-torn country.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry earlier on Wednesday also expressed concern over renewed violence in Yemen, warning that unilateral actions by any Yemeni party could further escalate the conflict and destabilize the region.

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In a statement, the ministry reaffirmed Islamabad’s support for the Kingdom’s security as well as Yemen’s unity and territorial integrity, and welcomed regional efforts aimed at de-escalating the situation and restoring peace and stability.

Saudi Arabia is a leading supplier of oil to Pakistan and has extended billions of dollars in loans in recent years to help the South Asian nation avert default on foreign debt and manage an economic crisis.

The two countries also signed a mutual defense agreement last September that defines an attack on either country as an attack on both.