COAS Bajwa visits Morocco, meets key personalities

Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday has met His Excellency Mr Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in Charge of the Administration of National Defence, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

According to ISPR, army chief also called on General Abdelfattah Lourak, Inspector General of Royal Armed Forces.

During the meeting in Morocco, matters of mutual interest, bilateral defence, security cooperation, regional peace and stability were discussed. They agreed upon the tremendous potential for cooperation in multiple fields including security cooperation, joint training & counter terrorism domain.

COAS Bajwa said that Pakistan has and will always stand with Morocco even in most difficult times.

Later, COAS visited Royal College of Higher Military Education and shared his views on “Emerging Security Environment and its Challenges, Security situation in the region and Pakistan’s contributions in war against terrorism”.

Army chief said that Pakistan being the front line country against terrorism, gave sacrifices and contributions against the global menace for a peaceful region and world.

On February 20, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa paid a day-long visit to Kuwait and met the Kuwaiti Civil-Military Leadership.

Army chief held separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, of Kuwait His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Lieutenant General Mohammed Khaled Al-Khadher, Chief of General Staff Kuwait Armed Forces & Lieutenant General Staff Engineer Hashim Abdurazaq Al-Refaea, Under Secretary National Guard.

According to ISPR, matters of mutual interest, bilateral defence & security cooperation and regional peace & stability were discussed during the meeting.

The political and military leadership of Kuwait highly appreciated the professionalism of Pakistan Army and determination of the Pakistani nation in combating terrorism.

Both sides agreed to increase bilateral cooperation in multiple fields of defence & security including export of defence products, training, provision of trained manpower / human resource and cooperation in counter terrorism domain.