Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in kingdom of Saudi Arabia to represent Pakistan in the second joint Arab Islamic summit being held in Riyadh today.

Most importantly, the prime minister will reiterate Pakistan's full support to the Palestinian cause. He will call for an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza, urging an urgent and unconditional ceasefire and immediate cessation of the ongoing Israeli adventurism in the region that is endangering security of the countries in the middle east.

On arrival, the prime minister was received at the royal airport terminal in Riyadh by Prince Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Governor Of Riyadh, Pakistan's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and other diplomatic staff

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi are also accompanying the prime minister.

The summit has been convened at the initiative of Saudi Arabia to discuss the situation in the middle east.

Pakistan will also call for providing international protection for the Palestinian people and for establishment of an independent state of Palestine on the border of 1967 with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

On the sidelines of the summit, the prime minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with leaders from other Arab league and OIC member states.

Heads of state and governments and senior officials from Arab League and the OIC member countries are participating in the summit.