PM, crown prince co-chair SCC’s session

Author: News Desk

Prime Minister Imran Khan had a one-on-one meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman here at the Prime Minister House on Sunday.

The meeting was followed by the inaugural session of Supreme Coordination Council, co-chaired by the prime minister and the crown prince, a Foreign Office statement said.

The high-powered Supreme Coordination Council was proposed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia in October last year.

The objective to put in place a high level institutional mechanism was to fast track decisions in key areas of bilateral cooperation, and for close monitoring of their implementation.

The Supreme Coordination Council includes respective ministers of foreign affairs, defence, defence production, finance, energy, petroleum, water resources, information, culture, interior, commerce, trade and investment and human resources of both countries.

The council would cover areas under three pillars: political and security, economic, and social and culture.

Published in Daily Times, February 18th 2019.

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