Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman presented the King Abdulaziz Medal of the First Class to Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff in recognition of "his distinguished efforts to enhance our co-operation and advance the Saudi-Pakistani relations”.
Field Marshal Asim Munir was given the award following an order from King Salman, Prince Khaled said on his official X account.
In their meeting in Riyadh on Sunday, Prince Khalid and Field Marshal Munir reviewed the two countries' relations and defence co-operation.
"We also discussed efforts to promote international peace and security, as well as other topics of mutual interest,” Prince Khalid said.
The prince also congratulated Field Marshal Munir on his appointment as Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces.
In September, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defence agreement as a way of strengthening deterrence.
The agreement was signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's visiting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh.
Under the agreement, any aggression against either country will be considered aggression against both.
The agreement came as Gulf leaders were increasingly alarmed after Israel's strike on Doha that month targeting Hamas officials.
Saudi Arabia has said the agreement reflected the shared commitment of both nations to enhance their security and to achieve security and peace in the region and the world and aimed to develop aspects of defence co-operation between the two countries and strengthen joint deterrence against any aggression.
In October, the two nations also launched an economic co-operation framework and signed preliminary agreements for energy and an electricity interconnection project.
Under the framework, many “strategic and high-impact” projects will be discussed in the economic, trade, investment and development fields that will contribute to strengthening bilateral co-operation, enhancing the private sector’s role and increasing trade exchange between the two countries, it said. Priority sectors include energy, industry, mining, information technology, tourism, agriculture and food security.
