Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has said that Pakistan highly values its bilateral ties with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and desires to further expand mutually beneficial relationship.  He further said that trade, economic and investment would help in taking the bilateral cooperation to new heights in the coming days.  Chairman Senate expressed these views in a meeting with Nawaf Bin Said Al-Malki Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

He, however, emphasized for further promoting economic cooperation and institutional linkages between the two brotherly countries.   He said that the Senate of Pakistan has an active Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Friendship Group aiming to promote enhanced bilateral linkages.  Sadiq Sanjrani observed that both sides share ideological and political commonality on different issues and institutional cooperation between the two on multilateral parliamentary foras. 

He said that regional growth and prosperity is a shared objective and we all need to make collective efforts giving peace a chance to flourish and push forward the agenda aimed at regional development. 

The Ambassador agreed with the views of Senate Chairman.  He said that Pakistan is an important country in the region and both countries have enjoyed fraternal ties which have stood the test of time.  He also underscored the need for further increase of bilateral cooperation in various sectors and assured his cooperation in this regard.