{"id":46951,"date":"2026-04-10T19:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46951"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:25:01","slug":"in-meeting-with-saudi-finance-minister-pm-emphasises-strong-commitment-to-expanding-cooperation-in-all-spheres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46951","title":{"rendered":"In meeting with Saudi finance minister, PM emphasises \u2018strong commitment\u2019 to expanding cooperation in all spheres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2026\/04\/11000136f2b03c0.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasised Pakistan\u2019s strong commitment to expanding its cooperation with Saudi Arabia in all spheres, particularly in trade, investment, and economic development, during a meeting with Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed bin Abdullah al Jadaan, according to a statement issued by the PM\u2019s Office (PMO).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--left    media--uneven  media--stretch\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PakPMO\/status\/2042673765314650253\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PakPMO\/status\/2042673765314650253\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The statement said Jadaan, who was on a one-day visit to Islamabad, called on PM Shehbaz at the PM House on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir also attended the meeting, it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcoming the Saudi dignitary, the prime minister conveyed his respectful regards to \u2026 King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister fondly recalled his recent warm and cordial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1989514\">telephone conversation<\/a> with the crown prince. He expressed appreciation for the crown prince\u2019s deep affection towards Pakistan as well as for the kingdom\u2019s longstanding economic and financial support to Pakistan over the years, which had played a vital role in Pakistan\u2019s economic stability,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>It said PM Shehbaz reiterated that the people and government of Pakistan had \u201calways stood shoulder to shoulder with their Saudi brothers and sisters at all times, and this was an abiding bond between both countries, that had grown stronger under the patronage\u201d of Crown Prince Salman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister emphasised Pakistan\u2019s strong commitment to expanding its cooperation with the kingdom in all spheres, particularly in trade, investment, and economic development,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the Saudi finance minister thanked PM Shehbaz and \u201creaffirmed the resolve of the kingdom to further strengthen the longstanding, deep-rooted fraternal bonds between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, as envisioned by Crown Prince Salman\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1990567\/in-meeting-with-saudi-finance-minister-pm-emphasises-strong-commitment-to-expanding-cooperation-in-all-spheres\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasised Pakistan\u2019s strong commitment to expanding its cooperation with Saudi Arabia in all spheres, particularly in trade, investment, and economic development, during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertaonment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}