RIYADH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday arrived in Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit to participate in the first-ever Arab-Islamic-American Summit, being held in Riyadh.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz invited Prime Minister Nawaz for the summit. The invitation was delivered by Saudi Information Minister Awwad bin Saleh al Awwad, who visited Islamabad last week. The prime minister, upon arrival at the King Salman airbase, was received by Governor of Riaydh Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and senior officials. The premier is accompanied by his Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, First Lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, his son Hussain Nawaz and Advocate Akram Sheikh. In addition to King Salman and US President Donald Trump, 55 heads of state and governments from the Muslim world have been invited to participate in the summit. The prime minister will also join the world leaders to attend the inauguration ceremony of the World Centre against Extremism, an important counter-radicalisation initiative by Saudi Arabia.
