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ASTANA, (APP): Pakistan and Kazakhstan on Friday signed
Military Technical Cooperation Agreement on the sidelines of on-
going Kzakhstan Defence Exhibition (KADEX-16).
The agreement signing was undertaken at a meeting between
Minister for Defence Production of Pakistan, Rana Tanveer Hussain
and Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, Tasmagambetov Imangali
Nurgaliyevich.
Rana Tanveer Hussain is leading Pakistan delegation to the 4-
day Kazakhstan Defence Exhibition (KADEX-2016) being held till
June 5.
The two Ministers comprehensively covered defence relations
between the two brotherly countries.
The Ministers expressing satisfaction over their bilateral
military relations reiterated mutual desire to pursue joint ventures
and to further enhance defence relations in all areas.
Rana Tanveer greatly appreciating Kazakhstan’s positive
contribution towards regional stability lauded its role in Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO), Conference on Interaction and
Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and Organization for
Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Defence Minister of Kazakhstan highlighting the importance of
Pakistan in South Asia, mentioned that the Agreement on Military
Technical Cooperation provided a solid platform to further enhance
bilateral military and technical cooperation between the two
countries.
He mentioned that KADEX is one of the largest arms exhibitions
in Central Asian Region held after every two years in Kazakhstan,
which is being participated by over 300 companies representing 35
countries/organizations.
Rana Tanveer Hussain congratulating his counterpart for
holding a successful exhibition, invited him and military leadership
of Kazakhstan for attending Pakistan’s defence exhibition, IDEAS-
2016 to be held in November this year.
Additional Secretary Ministry of Defence Production,
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Defence Attach‚ attended the
meeting.