Riyadh, HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman, Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Chairman, and HE Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Minister of Finance and Revenue of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Pakistani Chairman, today co-chaired online the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Economic Pillar, under the Saudi-Pakistani Supreme Coordination Council, which is co-chaired by HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia and by HE Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Prime Minister.
In a statement, Prince Abdulaziz confirmed that the Kingdom considers the Islamic Republic of Pakistan an important partner in its development plans and programs and that the two countries are striving, through the work of this Subcommittee, to promote areas of cooperation, find new partnership opportunities, and create initiatives of mutual benefit and interest to both counties and their peoples.
Prince Abdulaziz commended the strong and historic relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, confirming that the Saudi-Pakistani cooperation and joint projects are on the right track.
To give one example, he pointed to the cooperation in energy, under which many topics are currently being discussed, such as cooperation in the oil industry and supply, petrochemicals, electricity, renewable energy, industry, transport, and many other potential opportunities.
The work of the Steering Committee also involves a number of other areas including industry, mineral resources, commerce, finance, environment, agriculture, transport, logistics, communications, information technology, tourism, and investment.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
