RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili received at Diriyah Joint Operations Center Thursday the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Armed Forces, Gen. Nadeem Raza, and an accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of the meeting, Lt.-Gen. Al-Ruwaili welcomed Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in his second country, the Kingdom, wishing him and his companions a pleasant stay.

For his part, Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee expressed his happiness to visit the Kingdom through the meetings and visits he made. He also expressed his thanks and appreciation for the generous hospitality and good reception he and his delegation received in the Kingdom.

He said the meeting was the 6th of its kind to be held by the Saudi-Pakistani Military Committee, and stressed the solid relations between the two fraternal countries. He reviewed the prospects of military cooperation and ways to support and enhance it, in addition to discussing issues of common interest.

The meeting was attended by a number of senior officers of the armed forces from both sides. — SPA