Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signalled a renewed strategic alignment as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Chief of General Staff General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili in Islamabad to review defence cooperation, counterterrorism coordination and regional stability.

At the centre of the discussion was the recent historic strategic bilateral defence agreement signed during the prime minister’s visits to Riyadh over the past two months. Sharif described the pact as a “milestone” that both sides were now committed to operationalising through joint training, military exercises and expanded exchange of expertise.

The prime minister stressed that Pakistan viewed security cooperation with the Kingdom as essential for regional peace, adding that the two countries shared a longstanding resolve to

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