Saudi Arabia and Pakistan agreed to launch an economic cooperation framework to boost trade and investment, state news agency SPA reports. The initiative spans energy, industry, mining, IT, tourism, agriculture, and food security and includes planned MoUs on energy collaboration and an electrical interconnection project. The agreement followed a meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh.

The Crown Prince has been busy: The Crown Prince also met with Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev, Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, and Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milojko Spajić at the sidelines of the FII9 summit.

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