Earlier, when Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister arrived in Islamabad, he was received by his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Muhammad Asif at the airport. The deputy crown prince is scheduled to visit Japan between August 31 and September 3 to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Meanwhile, Prince Mohammed sent a cable of thanks to China’s Vice President Chang Gao Li, who is also Permanent member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee Political Bureau.
Following the meeting, the Chinese president held a dinner banquet in honor of the deputy crown prince and his accompanying delegation.
Sharif has paid four visits to the Kingdom since January this year.
He said that one of the goals of the visit is to brief the Saudi people on the Chinese culture and vice versa.
On a different level, Prince Mohammed met with a group of businessmen from top Chinese companies.
“Saudi Arabia hopes to join in the Belt and Road Initiative and forge a stronger partnership with China in the areas of energy, trade, investment, finance, industrialization and mining”, Prince Mohammed said.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received in Islamabad Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia. In April, he proposed reforms to attract foreign investment and develop its non-oil industries.
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