Foreign Ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammad Faisal said Thursday that the possibility of a visit by Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia and Iran was "at stake."
Addressing his weekly press conference, Dr. Faisal, in response to a question said: "The possibility of a visit from [the] the prime minister of Saudi Arabia and Iran is in the letters and I will update it as things unfold. "
When another question was asked as to whether the possible visit was a continuation of the Prime Minister's recent visits to the United States and China or if it had to do with the regional situation, the FO spokesman said: "[I] I don't want to say anything else about this. "
The media citing sources said that Prime Minister Imran was expected to hold consultations for visits after returning from China and that the dates of possible trips would be discussed in the consultations.
While visiting the United States in September for the General Assembly of the United Nations, the prime minister said that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, had asked him to help calm tensions with Iran, adding that he had already spoken with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in an attempt to mediate.
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The prime minister added that before arriving in New York he had visited Saudi Arabia and had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also asked him to speak with Rouhani.
Tehran and Washington have been at odds since May last year when Trump abandoned a 2015 nuclear agreement and began imposing sanctions on Iran in a campaign declared "maximum pressure."
The United States blames Iran for an attack on the world's largest crude oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia on September 14 and has said it will present evidence to support that.
Turkish operation in Syria
Commenting on Turkey's operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, Dr. Faisal said: "We appreciate Turkey's positive role in finding a viable political solution to the conflict in Syria. We also recognize and commend Turkey's humanitarian efforts to kindly welcome more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees on their soil
"We recognize Turkey's legitimate security concerns in the region. Like Pakistan, Turkey has also been a victim of terrorism," he said.
The FO spokesman added that Pakistan has supported and continues to support Syria's territorial integrity and "expresses the hope that a political solution to the conflict will be reached as soon as possible that takes into account the concerns of all regional stakeholders and parties in the conflict. "
Rafael's aircraft sold to India
In response to a question about France's delivery to India of his first Rafale fighter jet and Pakistan's concerns, Dr. Faisal said Pakistan has talked about a security and arms race in the region in detail above and his position remains the same.
"Pakistan is not ready to enter an arms race in any region. Our focus and particularly the focus of this government is human development, education, health, etc."
"We urge everyone not to take this region to an arms race. But if necessary, February 27 is before you, we know how to defend ourselves, be it Rafael or anything else."
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