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2020-08-20 Arabia
Pakistan's Army chief Visits Saudi amid strained Relations
[AnNahar] The Mighty Pak Army chief arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday, officials said, amid strained relations between the two countries over the disputed region of Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
General Qamer Javed Bajwa's visit was apparently aimed at easing a rift caused by the Pak foreign minister's demand for a firm Saudi response to what he called Indian atrocities in Kashmir.

Bajwa held talks in Riyadh with Major General Fayyad al-Ruwaili, the kingdom's chief of general staff, the Saudi defence ministry reported.

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"During their meeting, they discussed prospects of military cooperation and ways to support it as well as other areas of common interest," the ministry said in a brief statement.

In a sharply worded statement earlier this month, Pakistain's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
called on the Saudi-led Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convene a high-level meeting on Kashmir.

"If you cannot convene it, then I'll be compelled to ask Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
to call a meeting of Islamic countries that are ready to stand with us on the issue of Kashmir and support the oppressed Kashmiris," Qureshi was quoted as saying by Pak media.

The comment raised eyebrows in Riyadh, where it was widely seen as a warning that Pakistain was preparing to call for a session of Islamic countries outside the OIC.

Riyadh is particularly sensitive about attempts to undermine its leadership of the 57-member pan-Islamic body after Malaysia hosted a Moslem summit last year that was shunned by the kingdom.

Leaders of Moslem nations, including Saudi rivals Iran, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
and Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, attended the summit in Kuala Lumpur, while Pakistain's Khan cancelled his attendance after Riyadh expressed concerns.

Analysts said the summit was aimed at rivalling the OIC, which is headquartered in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

"If Foreign Minister Qureshi's veiled reference is towards another Kuala Lumpur-style gathering, then it is a dangerous proposition that could be least expected from a brotherly country," Ali Awadh Asseri, a former Saudi ambassador to Pakistain, wrote in Arab News, a pro-government Saudi daily.

"Will PM Imran Khan remind him to be careful in future, as any damage to our brotherly ties goes against our respective national interests and public aspirations?" Asseri added in a column published on Monday.

Pakistain and India have clashed over Kashmir since independence from Britannia in 1947, with both countries claiming the territory that has sparked two full-blown wars between the foes.

Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has supported Pakistain, a traditional ally, with billions of dollars in financial aid and loans in recent years.

But observers say the kingdom is also keen not to upset India, a key business partner and importer of Saudi crude oil.
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