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Speaking at the very high-profile forum for the future investment initiative in Riyadh, Mr Khan said Pakistan wanted "peace with all its neighbors, especially India and the world over." Afghanistan, for peace and stability in the region ".
"Peace with India would help both countries use their resources for human development instead of engaging in an arms race," Radio Pakistan quoted Khan as saying.
Similarly, peace in Afghanistan would help Pakistan to have easy access to Central Asian states for bilateral economic and trade activities, he said.
Khan said that he had extended a friendly hand to India, which upset him.
After coming to power in August, Khan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suggest a meeting between foreign ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September.
India accepted the proposal but, a few hours after its acceptance, terrorists killed three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir, pushing New Delhi to cancel the meeting of Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the Assembly United Nations General Assembly.
"He (Khan) attributed this (cancellation) to an anti-Pakistani rhetoric reporting votes in India," the Express Tribune newspaper quoted the prime minister as saying.
Prime Minister Khan said that he would try again after the closure of the general elections in India.
General elections are expected to be held in India next year.
Relations between the two countries were strained after terrorist attacks by Pakistan-based groups in 2016 and Indian surgical strikes inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
In his victory speech after the July elections, Mr. Khan expressed his willingness to improve Pakistan's relations with India and said his government wanted the leaders of both sides to resolve all disputes. , including the "central problem" of Kashmir, through discussions.
Sitting at the top, an idea of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aimed at attracting foreign investment into the kingdom, Mr Khan said his government was contacting the IMF and friendly countries to solicit loans to fill the financial gap.
The three-day summit, nicknamed "Davos in the Desert," was eclipsed by the general indignation provoked by the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
Several investors and international personalities have canceled their plan to attend the summit to apparently demonstrate against Khashoggi's murder.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also stepped down.
Khan, who attended the summit, is visiting Saudi Arabia, a close ally, for the second time since coming to power in August.
