China and Iran recast Pakistan's ties to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Riyadh and Islamabad have been 'all weather' friends in the past; this may no longer be the case

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China's President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

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