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The committee also discussed tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran which, it is feared, may have a fallout on the region, particularly on Pakistan which has deep sectarian divisions. He said Pakistan has affirmed that any threat to Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity will evoke strong response from Pakistan, adding the recent high-level contacts between the two countries have further strengthened these ties.

The chairman of the committee, Awais Leghari, told media personnel after the briefing that the committee lauded Pakistan’s balanced stance on the Saudi-Iran conflict.

“Pakistan has historically pursued the policy of promoting brotherhood among member states of the OIC”.

Yemen’s army and popular committees have killed five Saudi soldiers on the kingdom’s soil amid Riyadh’s relentless bombardment of its impoverished neighbor. On the ground troops, he quoted Aziz as having said that “troops on ground, is against Pakistan’s policy…it would be inconsistent to our policy [if troops are sent anywhere abroad], apart from United Nations peacekeeping mission, Pakistan has neither sent its troops in the past nor will it send in the future”.

“The core Gulf USD pegs, including that of Saudi Arabia, are likely to hold at current oil prices”, said Jean-Michel Saliba, economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch in a note to clients.

In a statement dated January 10, al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch and its North African wing said Riyadh had gone ahead with the executions despite a warning not to do so. Shite’s calling for “devine revenge” attacked and caused damage to the Saudi embassy in Tehran.

After the conclusion of the meeting the Chairman answered the questions of a group of journalists and said that the committee collectively appreciated and thanked the Chairman for holding in-camera meeting of the foreign affairs committee on a very important and crucial subject at the moment which has provided an opportunity to them to register their parties’ point of view on the issue. Among them were four Shiites, including prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr, whose death triggered a diplomatic crisis between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran.

“The main driver of foreign relations is the situation of the “bank of Sudan”,” said Gizouli, referring to the state of the country’s economy.

Iran has led military efforts along with the Iraqi army and volunteers in the fight against IS in Iraq.