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

At the beginning of the meeting, the Saudi Chief of the General Staff welcomed Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee to the Kingdom, wishing him and his companions a pleasant stay, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

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

He cited the meeting as the 6th of its kind to be held by the Saudi-Pakistani Military Committee, stressing the solid relations between the two fraternal countries, reviewing 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.

Earlier, the Saudi Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant-General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili also received at Diriyah Joint Operations Center on Tuesday, the Commander of the US Central Command, Lieutenant General Michael Eric Corella, currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common interest and ways to support military cooperation relations, stressing the extended partnership and cooperation between the armed forces of both countries, and praising the pivotal role played by the Kingdom and the United States of America in achieving security and stability in the region.

The meeting was attended by a number of senior officers in the Saudi and U.S. armed forces.