New Delhi, February 15
The much awaited visit of a Saudi delegation comprising Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to Pakistan has been compressed by a day.
A casualty of the shortened visit has been the Pak-Saudi Business Conference where a slew of projects for the cash-strapped country were to be sealed. The rescheduling of the conference due to the truncated visit takes place against the backdrop of a determined bid by India to diplomatically isolate Pakistan.
Prince Salman is on a multi-nation tour that includes India. In deference to Indian sensibilities about being hyphenated with Pakistan, Saudi’s de facto ruler may not fly directly from Islamabad to Delhi. Saudi Arabia is seen as Pakistan’s prime benefactor.
A notification released by the Pakistan government said the conference was postponed due to “unavoidable circumstances”. — TNS
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