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Any threat to Saudi Arabia will evoke reaction from Pakistan
Islamabad, March 27
Pakistan Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif asserted that any threat to Saudi Arabia's territorial
integrity would evoke a strong response from Pakistan.
Sharif
said this while chairing a high-level meeting at the prime ministers
house to discuss recent developments in the Middle East and to examine
Saudi Arabia's request to join the Gulf-led operation against Houthi
rebels in Yemen, said a statement issued by prime minister's house on
Thursday, Dawn online reported.
The meeting was attended by
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Advisor to Prime Minister on National
Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Army Chief General Raheel
Sharif and Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman.
Sharif said Pakistan
enjoys close and brotherly relations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and attaches great importance to
their security.
The participants of the meeting decided that a
high-level delegation would visit Saudi Arabia on Friday to assess the
situation. Khawaja Asif, Sartaj Aziz along with senior representatives
from the armed forces will be part of the delegation in this regard, the
statement added.
Earlier, the Foreign Office said Pakistan was examining Saudi Arabia's request.
Sartaj
Aziz confirmed that top Saudi officials had contacted the Pakistani
leadership requesting it to join the Yemen operation. A decision has not
yet been taken, Aziz said.