Summary PM Nawaz Sharif mand Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif will leave for Saudi Arabia today (Thursday).
ISLAMABAD (Online): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on his visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
PM Nawaz chaired a high-level consultative meeting on the latest situation in Yemen on Wednesday, during which it was decided that the premier will visit Saudi Arabia on a day-long visit along with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif.
Apart from the army chief, the prime minister will be accompanied by Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Special Assistant to the PM on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry.
Official sources said that the meeting was attended by senior foreign policy officials and military leaders and the premier took them into confidence over his visit to Riyadh for continuing deliberation on the Yemen conflict.
While speaking to the participants, the premier also welcomed Saudi Arabia s decision of halting air strikes in Yemen and said this would pave the way for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
PM Nawaz s visit coincides with developments in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition claimed success in thwarting the threat from Houthi militia and announced the conclusion of the Operation Decisive Storm and start of the next phase that has been codenamed Operation Hope.
This will be the premier s second visit to the kingdom in two months. He last travelled to Saudi Arabia on March 3.
