NEW YORK, May 26: Two ships of the Pakistan Navy participated in the US Fleet week in New York on Wednesday. When the Pakistani ships, Tippu Sultan and Moawin , sailed into the New York Harbour as part of a huge flotilla of ships, they were received by US Rear Admiral Phil McCarthy and Pakistan Navy’s Vice Admiral Farooq Rashid, who had flown here from Islamabad ahead of the battleships’ arrival to join his seafaring men.

The Pakistani battleships are participating in the Fleet Week, an annual event during which the US Navy displays its prowess. They will also take part in the US Memorial Day celebrations.

“Basically, it is an occasion to enable the American people to see their navy in action,” Rear Admiral McCarthy, commander of the US flotilla taking part in the Fleet Week celebrations, told reporters aboard Tippu Sultan . He said he had been pleased to have Pakistan Navy join this event.

Admiral McCarthy said that naval ships from France and Canada would also join the celebrations later in the week.