COAS Gen Asim meets Muhammad Bin Salman to discuss Pak-Saudi military cooperation

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Wednesday met Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman to discuss military cooperation between the two brotherly countries, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

According to a press release issued by the military's media, HRH Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Defence Minister of KSA Fayyadh Bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili Chief of General Staff (CGS) Saudi Armed Forces and Engineer Talal Abdullah Al Otaibi, Assistant Minister of Defence of KSA and other senior military leadership have also attended the meeting.

Gen Asim was accompanied by Ambassador Ahmed Farooq, Secretary to the Commander of the Pakistani Army Major General Mohammed Jawad Tariq and the Military Attaché at the Embassy of Pakistan in the Kingdom Brig Muhammad Asim.

"Wide-ranging issues of mutual interest, including regional peace and security, bilateral defence and security cooperation came under discussion," it added.

During the meeting, the Saudi crown prince said that the "both countries have always stood up for each other" as they share "historic brotherly and strong relations".

ISPR said that MBS also expressed desire to further strengthen the bilateral ties. 

"KSA will always standby with Pakistan in future as well," the press release mentioned.

On the other, Pakistan's military chief thanked the Saudi leadership for the "warm sentiments and support for the country".