{"id":84676,"date":"2025-12-31T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=84676"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:33:10","slug":"pakistan-saudi-arabia-reaffirm-commitment-to-deeper-bilateral-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/pakistan-saudi-arabia-reaffirm-commitment-to-deeper-bilateral-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Saudi Arabia reaffirm commitment to deeper bilateral cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (WNP): Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Wednesday received a telephone call from Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Tabuk Province, during which the two leaders reaffirmed their desire to expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>According to official sources, the conversation reflected the warmth and cordiality that characterize Pakistan\u2013Saudi Arabia relations. Prince Fahd conveyed season\u2019s greetings and best wishes for the New Year, which were warmly reciprocated by<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SENATOR ISHAQ DAR. RECALLING THEIR POSITIVE ENGAGEMENTS IN THE PAST, THE SAUDI GOVERNOR EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TABUK, UNDERSCORING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO FURTHER STRENGTHENING BILATERAL TIES.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Ishaq Dar expressed appreciation for Prince Fahd\u2019s continued interest in promoting and deepening relations between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly at the provincial and people-to-people levels.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84677\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n-713x420.jpg 713w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/610986212_1187928676830971_6750995822084227693_n-696x410.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier on Tuesday, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister held a separate telephone conversation with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to exchange New Year greetings. During the call, the two leaders discussed the current regional situation and recent developments, according to a news release issued by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SENATOR DAR EXPRESSED SATISFACTION OVER THE POSITIVE TRAJECTORY OF PAKISTAN\u2013SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS, WHILE PRINCE FAISAL REAFFIRMED THE KINGDOM\u2019S COMMITMENT TO FURTHER STRENGTHENING AND ENHANCING BILATERAL COOPERATION ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF SECTORS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The exchanges reflect the continued momentum in high-level contacts between Islamabad and Riyadh, highlighting their shared resolve to deepen strategic, diplomatic, and economic partnership in the year ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (WNP): Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Wednesday received a telephone call from Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Tabuk Province, during which the two leaders reaffirmed their desire to expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest. According to official [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,65,54,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-foreign-missions","category-middle-east","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84679,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84676\/revisions\/84679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}