ISLAMABAD: Ƶ is looking forward to having close and fruitful relations with the newly elected government of Pakistan.
King Salman phoned Pakistan’s Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan on Monday to congratulate him on the election victory, according to a statement from Khan’s Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
King Salman invited Khan to visit Ƶ, an invitation which he has accepted. Khan issued an invitation to the Saudi King to visit Pakistan.
“Ƶ always supported us in difficult times and we consider the Kingdom’s security (to be) very important,” Khan told the King, according to the PTI statement.
Khan also thanked King Salman for his congratulatory message.
The PTI emerged as the single largest party in Pakistan’s general elections on July 25 and is set to form the government in the center and three of the country’s four provinces.
Khan is scheduled to take the oath as the prime minster on August 18.
Imran Khan accepts King Salman’s invitation to visit the Kingdom
Updated 14 August 2018
Imran Khan accepts King Salman’s invitation to visit the Kingdom
- King Salman phoned Khan to congratulate him on his election victory
- Ƶ has always supported Pakistan in difficult times. The Kingdom’s security is very important for Islamabad, the PTI said in a statement