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Saudi invites Imran to ME climate summit

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has invited Prime Minister Imran Khan to the “Middle East Green Initiative Summit” being held in October, said an official statement.

Saudi Ambassador to Islamabad Nawaf Bin Saeed Ahmad Al Malkiy delivered the invitation to the premier.

A statement issued by the prime minister’s office said Imran accepted the invitation for participating in the summit.

In March, the Saudi leadership launched the “Saudi Green” and “Middle East Green” schemes aimed at cuting carbon emissions by 60 per cent through employing clean hydrocarbon technologies and planting about 50 billion trees, including 10 billion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Green initiative has more domestic focus, while the Kingdom is trying through the Middle East Green initiative to lead regional efforts for ataining global targets to combat climate change.

Pakistan was among the first countries to welcome the initiatives. Imran in a leter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, on that occasion, had offered Pakistan’s help in the massive tree plantation projects.

The prime minister’s office said the Saudi initiatives aligned closely with the prime minister’s climate change initiatives “Clean and Green Pakistan” and “10 Billion Tree Tsunami.”

“Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are also collaborating closely to develop synergies in their climate change related strategies,” it further said.

On Tuesday, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia discussed how to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, which have stranded around 400,000 Pakistani workers back home, foreign ministers of the two countries told reporters.

Islamabad took up the issue with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, who was on a one-day visit to Pakistan.

Al Saud appreciated the contributions of Pakistani community towards the development of Saudi Arabia.

“We are working to ease the travel restrictions for passengers from Pakistan and also making sure that the Pakistani community in Saudi Arabia gets vaccinated,” he said.

He said Pakistan had done “exceptionally well” in overcoming the coronavirus.

Al Saud assured extending facilitation to the Pakistani travellers, especially in areas of visa restrictions related to the COVID-19 vaccination.

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