H.E Saqr Bin Mubarak Al-Mansouri, Ambassador for Qatar called on
Minister for Defence, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan here in Ministry of Defence
today. Minister for Defence welcomed the dignitary and conveyed that Pakistan
attaches great value to its relations with Qatar.
Federal Minister also mentioned that the
earlier visit of His Highness the Emir of the State of Qatar to Pakistan in
March 2015, and recent visit of President of Pakistan proved fruitful to
enhance the bilateral relations including military and defence cooperation
between the two countries.
The Defence Minister informed the visiting
delegate that Pakistan desires to strengthen its relations with Qatar on a long
term basis in the 21st century realm. He highlighted that
Defence collaboration between Pakistan and Qatar has matured overtime specially
in the domain of training.
H. E Saqr Bin Mubarak Al-Mansouri, showed
keen interest in learning about Pakistan’s potential of manufacturing Super
Mashshak aircraft and JF-17 Thundar aircraft at PAC Kamra. The
visiting dignitary acknowledged the existing scope and scale of cooperation in
the field of defence between the two countries and desired to undertake the
joint ventures in the respective field on progressive basis.
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