PAK SAUDI ARABIAN RELATIONS: AN EXAMPLE OF ENTENTE CORDIALE
Pi4is :ai ai i Sauli Arabia ha/z dsvaloped such close ties over the past thirty four years that these are often cited asan example for other brotherly Islamic states to follow. This is natural for while Saudi Arabia is the cradle of Islam, Pakistan has been called the citadel of Islam. The basis of this close relationship is the K alima i Tayyaba. Both countries are committed to promote the cause of unity of the Islamic Umma. "Pakistan's historical claims to nationhood rest, after all, on the ideal and solidarity of all Muslims and on the benefits of Islamic community,.i Both countries believe in peaceful co existence between all countries without interference in their domestic affairs. Both have reacted sharply on the Soviet intervention in non aligned Muslim Afghanistan. Both advocate the right of all peoples to choose their own political, economic and social systems. Both actively participate in solving international problems on the basis of equity and justice. What is more, both Pakistanis and Saudis devoutly believe that the answers to all their problems can be found in Islam, either in the Holy Quran or Hadith.