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COAS Bajwa arrives in Saudi Arabia
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
The visit is amid to ostensibly mend ties with Saudi Arabia following recent remarks deemed critical of the Kingdom by Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
The head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), General Faiz Hameed, is accompanying COAS Bajwa.
The Saudi Chief of General Staff Major General Fayyad bin Hammad Al-Ruwaili received Bajwa in Riyadh at 10 am.
According to diplomatic sources the meetings in Saudi Arabia have sorted out issues. Now the two countries are on the same page.
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The Pakistan embassy in Riyadh said that COAS visit comes amid a diplomatic spat that has threatened Riyadh’s financial lifeline to the country.
