Pakistan condemns missile attack on Saudi Arabia
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 26, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday strongly condemned a number of ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia.
In a tweet, the minister said: “We strongly condemn missile attack on Saudi Arabia. Pakistan remains fully committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom.”
We strongly condemn missile attack on Saudi Arabia.Pakistan remains fully committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom.
— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) March 26, 2018
Separately, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said Pakistan hailed the Saudi government for intercepting the missiles and limiting casualties.
He reiterated Pakistan’s full support and solidarity with the kingdom and its people against any threat to its territorial integrity and Haramain Sharifain.
Saudi air defenses shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the Saudi-led coalition’s three-year military campaign in Yemen.
Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over northeastern Riyadh shortly before midnight, as well as others fired at the southern cities of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait, the coalition said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
Debris from the missiles fell on a home in Riyadh, killing an Egyptian resident and wounding two other Egyptians, said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki, according to SPA.