Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed has acknowledged Pakistan's diplomatic spat with its longtime ally Saudi Arabia, adding that COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa eased the tensions during his visit to the country. He expressed these views while talking to media persons in Rawalpindi.
Rasheed further said that Saudi Arabia is Pakistan's all-weather friend and differences do arise in diplomacy but the conflict does not mean that there was serious tensions between the two countries.
On Monday, amid deteriorating ties between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia over former’s criticism of the Kingdom, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa had visited Riyadh to hold meetings with King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.
It was hoped that the meeting would remove the misunderstandings between the two countries.
After Pakistan criticised Saudi Arabia for its failure to step forward to support Kashmir through the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation that it heads, Riyadh had ended a $3.2 billion oil-credit facility to Pakistan after forcing it to return $1bn loan.
Rasheed further said that Saudi Arabia is Pakistan's all-weather friend and differences do arise in diplomacy but the conflict does not mean that there was serious tensions between the two countries.
On Monday, amid deteriorating ties between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia over former’s criticism of the Kingdom, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa had visited Riyadh to hold meetings with King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.
It was hoped that the meeting would remove the misunderstandings between the two countries.
After Pakistan criticised Saudi Arabia for its failure to step forward to support Kashmir through the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation that it heads, Riyadh had ended a $3.2 billion oil-credit facility to Pakistan after forcing it to return $1bn loan.
A report claimed that the loan was part of a $6.2 billion package announced by Saudi Arabia in November 2018, which included a total of $3 billion in loans and an oil credit facility amounting to $3.2 billion. Those deals were then signed when Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman made a visit to Pakistan in February last year.