COAS Bajwa to visit Saudi Arabia this weekend

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend. This was confirmed by Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR) Director General Major Gen Babar Iftikhar during in an interview with foreign new agency Reuters. "Yes he is travelling. The visit was pre-planned and primarily military affairs oriented," Major General Babar Iftikhar told Reuters. During his visit to Saudi Arabia, the army chief will hold important meetings with the high authorities of Saudi leadership. In the meantime, issues related to further improvement in regional security, economic relations and enhanced bilateral defence cooperation will also be discussed. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have fraternal relations and always have had a close relationship through the decades, during both Pakistan’s military and civilian regimes.