Pakistan PM meets Saudi King, calling for end to Saudi-Iran tensions

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Pakistan PM meets Saudi King, calling for end to Saudi-Iran tensions
Source: Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Riyadh on Monday and "expressed deep concern on the recent escalation of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The Pakistan PM will also visit Iran on Tuesday as a part of his two-nation tour which mainly aims at reducing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran earlier this month after a mob burnt the Saudi embassy in Tehran. The demonstrators were protesting against the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia.

Full story: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/19/c_135021322.htm

-- Xinhua 2016-01-19

[khwaibah]

Sunnis and Shiites stop killing each other..Not a chance..

[Srikcir]

Maybe after Pakistan stops supporting the Taliban it will have some creditability as a peacemaker.