Abu Dhabi crown prince offers condolences to Pakistan over plane crash

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Pakistan premier Imran Khan discussed matters related to the global outbreak of COVID-19, and prospects of enhanced bilateral cooperation to address the situation, during their telephonic conversation on May 25, 2020. (APP/File)

• PM Khan thanked the UAE leader for timely repatriation of Pakistani citizens
• The premier also reiterated his call for debt relief for developing nations amid the coronavirus pandemic

ISLAMABAD: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday conveyed his warm wishes on Eid Al-Fitr to Prime Minister Imran Khan and shared his condolences with the Pakistani leader on the tragic PIA plane crash in Karachi that claimed 97 lives.
During their phone call, the two leaders discussed matters related to the global outbreak of COVID-19, and prospects of enhanced bilateral cooperation to address the situation.
“While thanking the Crown Prince for pardoning Pakistani prisoners and timely repatriation of Pakistani citizens from UAE, the Prime Minister lauded the steps being taken by the UAE authorities to curtail the spread of the pandemic,” said an official handout circulated by the PM Office.
“The Prime Minister underscored that without immediate, coordinated and comprehensive actions to create fiscal space, the developing world may have to contend with dire social, political and economic consequences of the pandemic,” the statement read.
Khan also highlighted his call for “Global Initiative on Debt Relief” for developing countries to help mitigate such consequences and to shore up economies.
He mentioned the worsening human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir and expressed his concern over the “demonization of Muslims in India in the context of Covid-19,” the statement added.