ISLAMABAD: Forei
gn Minister Shah Mehmood Q
ureshi Monday left here for Saudi Arabia on second leg of his two-nation tour after concluding a day-long official visit
to Iran.
At Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, the foreign
ministe
r was seen off by Iran’s Assistant Minister West Asia Muhammad Mousavi, Pakistan embassy’s representative Syed Fawad Shabbir and senior officials.
In Riyadh, Forei
gn Minister Q
ureshi will meet his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud and discuss regional developments.
The foreign
minister’s visits
to Iran and Saudi Arabia is under the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan with an objective to diffuse tense situation in the Gulf and Middle East.