Islamabad, Dhu-Al-Qa'dah, 15 1438, August 07, 2017, SPA -- The Saudi Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malki, received at his office in Islamabad today the Pakistani Minister of Communications Hafez Abdul Karim Bakhsh and the former Minister of Information Muhammad Ali Durrani separately. During the two meetings, they exchanged cordial talks and bilateral relations between the two countries and means of boosting them in various fields. For his part, Durrani stressed that the people of Pakistan share the love and respect with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and have a special relationship with the Kingdom. He pointed to the support the Kingdom offers to Pakistan in all adversities and during difficult times, stressing that the Kingdom has always embodied the concept of knowledge of friends when adversity. For his part, Al-Malki praised the congratulatory cable sent by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud to Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Abbasi on the occasion of his being sworn-in recently as chief of the new government of Pakistan, during which he praised the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the brotherly relations between the two peoples of the Kingdom and Pakistan. --SPA 18:51 LOCAL TIME 15:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w461648