Abu Dhabi Crown Prince reaches Pakistan on day-long visit

ISLAMABAD: Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived with a high-level delegation for a day-long visit in Islamabad on Thursday.

At Nur Khan Air Base, Prime Minister Imran Khan received Sheik Mohammad. The Prime Minister himself drove the car and moved the Crown Prince to the Prime Minister’s house over his arrival in Pakistan.

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PM @ImranKhanPTI received HH Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi & Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces at the Nur Khan Base#PMImranKhan pic.twitter.com/A7cdIniIay

— PTI (@PTIofficial) January 2, 2020

The crown prince will have a one-on-one meeting with the prime minister and other senior government officials during the visit, the foreign office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said.

Visit of HH Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi & Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI will receive the visiting dignitary at Nur Khan Base

— Tehreek-e-Insaf (@InsafPK) January 2, 2020

The tour comes after General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff, met with the crown prince on December 14. Ways of improving cooperation between the two countries were addressed in the meeting between the two.

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Sheik Mohammad’s visit shows the strength of the relationship between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UAE is Pakistan’s largest Middle East trading partner and a major source of investment.  The UAE is also one of Pakistan’s leading allies in the fields of education, health and energy.