Overview
- Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister held separate calls with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty.
- Dar and his Saudi counterpart discussed regional developments and opportunities for deeper bilateral cooperation, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Office.
- The conversation with Egypt covered recent regional developments along with ongoing bilateral and multilateral issues, with both sides stressing continued dialogue.
- Both engagements included plans to continue talks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, with meetings expected there.
- Separately in Islamabad, UK High Commissioner Jane Marriott met Dar to focus on strengthening bilateral relations as the parties also reviewed current international developments.