COAS meets Chinese counterpart

Published May 17, 2016
BEIJING: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif meets Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Monday.—INP
BEIJING: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif meets Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Monday.—INP

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif reached Beijing on Monday on a two-day visit and met his Chinese counterpart Gen Li Zoucheng.

According to tweets by Inter-Services Public Rela­tions Director General Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, measures to improve military cooperation, exponentially enhance training exchanges, defence technology and intelligence sharing, and security of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor were discussed during the meeting.

The COAS congratulated the Chinese army chief on assumption of command of a newly established headquarters.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2016

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