Overview
- Saudi Arabia hosted a closed-door session in Riyadh that concluded late Sunday without a breakthrough, according to multiple reports.
- Sources said both sides held to entrenched positions on cross-border security, with no written commitments on Pakistan’s TTP concerns.
- Saudi officials proposed restarting bilateral trade alongside counterterrorism discussions, a proposal Pakistan declined, according to reports.
- The delegations largely mirrored those from earlier Istanbul rounds, including a Pakistani Foreign Office diplomat, and another Saudi-hosted meeting remains possible.
- A separate Turkiye–Qatar track remains stalled after an October truce faltered, while Kabul rejects Islamabad’s claims that Afghan soil is used to attack Pakistan.