Egypt Keen to Undertake Joint Ventures in Defence with Pakistan

Islamabad; H.E. Mr.Tarek Dahrough, Ambassador of Egypt called on Minister for Defence, Mr. Pervez Khattak here in his Office Islamabad today. Minister for Defence welcomed the dignitary and conveyed that Pakistan attaches great value to its relations with Egypt.

Pakistan considers Egypt a close friend and an important country in the region as well as in the Islamic World. Egypt and Pakistan share similarly of views on most regional and internal issues, especially those concerning the Muslim Ummah. Therefore, there exists a great scope for both countries to work closely with each other in diverse fields.

The Defence Minister appreciated the principled stand of Egypt on the issue of Kashmir and briefed Ambassador on the present volatile situation in Indian occupied Kashmir.

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.