Why is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif visiting Saudi Arabia amid Gulf tensions?

The leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan are set to meet in Jeddah on Friday amid rising tensions in the Gulf and Red Sea, with Pakistan having recently joined a Saudi-led naval coalition aimed at securing the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has already arrived for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This will be Sharif's third visit to Riyadh this year. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Atlantic