Nowshera: Opening ceremony of first Pakistan-Saudi Arabia ‘Joint Special Forces Exercise AL BATTAR-I’ was held at Nowshera district’s Cherat area in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, military said.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan and Royal Saudi Special Forces are participating in two-week-long exercise.

“Exercise is aimed at further harnessing historic military-to-military relations between both countries, including nurturing of joint employment concept and identifying areas of mutual interest for future military collaboration, with view to accrue maximum benefits from each other’s experience in employment against terrorism,” military’s media wing added.

ISPR said that national anthems of both countries were played at start of ceremony, also attended by senior officials from both armed forces.

It further said that such joint military exercises between armies of both brotherly countries are aimed at enhancing existing bilateral relations and benefiting from each other’s experience.

“Joint exercise will focus on counter-terrorism operations including cordon and search, combat patrols and dealing with IEDs,” it added.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 23 2023

Like Business on Facebook, follow @DailyNCourier on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversation.