ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif will visit Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday to reduce diplomatic tension between two brotherly countries.

Sources at the Prime Minister House said, that PM Nawaz Sharif will have meetings with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during his emergency visit.

Sources said the Army Chief and the Premier will visit Tehran first where they will hold meetings with Iranian leadership.

Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Special Assistant Tariq Fatmi will accompany PM Nawaz.

By The News International