ISLAMABAD:
Leaked Saudi diplomatic cables revealed that the country’s embassy in Islamabad remained in touch with Haqqani network and arranged a meeting with their leader for medical treatment.
The cables, published by WikiLeaks, provided an insight into contacts between Saudi officials and Haqqani network in the past.
The Saudi foreign ministry had — in a statement released after WikiLeaks started publishing the cables — expressed concern over their public release, but said the information contained in the leaked documents did not contradict Saudi Arabia’s known position on foreign policy matters.
The Saudi government has, meanwhile, not acknowledged these cables as authentic and asked its citizens to ignore them.
