Saudi, Pakistani Foreign Ministers Chair Special Investment Facilitation Council Meeting


Islamabad: Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Ishaq Dar have chaired here the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) formed by the two countries.

A high-level delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attended the meeting. It consisted of Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadley, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Al-Khorayef, Advisor to the Royal Court Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri, Assistant Minister of Investment Ibrahim Al-Mubarak, as well as a number of senior officials from the ministries of foreign affairs and energy, Public Investment Fund, and the Saudi Fund for Development.

Prince Faisal praised the deep-rooted Saudi-Pakistani relations, stressing that the Saudi delegation’s visit complements the meeting held by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Prime Minister of the Islam
ic Republic of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Makkah, and helps boost opportunities to invest in various fields and support investors in the two brotherly countries.

At this latest meeting, the two sides assessed ways to boost economic cooperation and trade, to meet the aspirations of the leaderships of the two countries.

Source: Saudi Press Agency