Saudi Arabia has endorsed the candidature of Ambassador Muhammad Naeem Khan for the post of assistant secretary general from the Asian region at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Khan is currently serving as Pakistan’s envoy in Riyadh and permanent representative to the OIC in Jeddah.
“The ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad called on the adviser to the prime minister on national security and foreign affairs at the Foreign Office on Tuesday and handed over a letter signed by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal committing his country’s support to Pakistan’s candidature for the important post,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said.
He said several other brotherly countries from the OIC had also indicated support to Ambassador Khan.
Pakistan being the coordinator of COMSTECH – the OIC’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology – plans to host a science and technology summit of the organisation in the first half of 2014.
“Pakistan believes that Ambassador Naeem Khan will bring his experience – with particular reference to Science, Technology and developmental issues – and will also lend continuity and better coordination to the OIC’s work in the area of Science and Technology,” Chaudhry said.