ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the Pakista
n Army holds
the defence of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) at par with its own.
He was talking to Saudi Ambassador Abdullah Marzouk Al- Zahrani on Friday, who called on the COAS at the General Headquarters (GHQ). A
ccording to the inter-services public relations (ISPR), issues of bilateral relations, including defence and training cooperation, remained the focus of
the discussion.
Sources said that during the meeting it was decided to further enhance
the defence and military relations between the two coun
tries, and in this regard high-level visits would continue as well. The Saudi ambassador praised the professionalism of the Pakista
n Army as well as the role it had played for peace in th
e region.
Separately, Republic of Azerbaijan Ambassador Ali Alizada called on Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Various facets of defence and security relationship between Pakistan and Azerbaijan came under discussion, a
ccording to an ISPR spokesman.