Overview
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Riyadh on Monday to start a series of high‑level meetings with Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz and other security officials.
- Discussions are focused on expanding counterterrorism coordination, formalizing intelligence sharing, improving border management, and stepping up anti‑narcotics efforts between the two interior ministries.
- Naqvi's visit follows his recent outreach to Tehran and coincides with the opening of technical US‑Iran talks under a Pakistan mediation arrangement, linking the Riyadh meetings to Islamabad's wider diplomatic role.
- The agenda also includes sports and institutional cooperation, with planned talks on cricket ties and training links such as a recent announcement that 200 Pakistani federal constabulary personnel will train in Saudi Arabia.
- The visit builds on deeper ties since the September 2025 Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement and on recent Pakistani military deployments and Saudi financial support, which together could raise operational coordination and security readiness between the two countries.