ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia is prepared to play a role in the settlement of the complex case of US killer Raymond Davis who is involved in the double murder of two innocent youngsters of Lahore and currently behind the bar in the city prison.
Saudi willingness is available in the backdrop of difficulties being faced by Pakistan in the matter but Islamabad has not asked Riyadh to use its good offices in this regard as yet.
Highly placed diplomatic sources told The News here Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has gathered relevant details through normal channels about the case in which Raymond Davis is implicated but it has not dropped any hint for playing any role viewing it as domestic matter of Pakistan.
Saudi ambassador in Pakistan Abdul Aziz Ibrahim bin Saleh Al-Ghadeer while in a brief chat with this scribe categorically said Wednesday that his country is willing to help brotherly people and country for their wellbeing and interests in any difficulty but refuted the impression that the Saudi government has volunteered any service in this regard.
The Saudi envoy brushed aside the impression that the current visit of Chief of Royal Saudi Army General Saleh Al-Mahia to Pakistan had anything to do with the case of the US citizen in Lahore jail. “It is a professional and bilateral visit of the Saudi land forces chief who had important discussions with his counterpart in Pakistan and other officials. He will spent another day in Pakistan before returning home Friday,” he said. (The News)
Saudi willingness is available in the backdrop of difficulties being faced by Pakistan in the matter but Islamabad has not asked Riyadh to use its good offices in this regard as yet.
Highly placed diplomatic sources told The News here Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has gathered relevant details through normal channels about the case in which Raymond Davis is implicated but it has not dropped any hint for playing any role viewing it as domestic matter of Pakistan.
Saudi ambassador in Pakistan Abdul Aziz Ibrahim bin Saleh Al-Ghadeer while in a brief chat with this scribe categorically said Wednesday that his country is willing to help brotherly people and country for their wellbeing and interests in any difficulty but refuted the impression that the Saudi government has volunteered any service in this regard.
The Saudi envoy brushed aside the impression that the current visit of Chief of Royal Saudi Army General Saleh Al-Mahia to Pakistan had anything to do with the case of the US citizen in Lahore jail. “It is a professional and bilateral visit of the Saudi land forces chief who had important discussions with his counterpart in Pakistan and other officials. He will spent another day in Pakistan before returning home Friday,” he said. (The News)
