Pakistan-Lanka defence dialogue in Karachchi

Third Round of Pakistan-Sri Lanka Armed Forces Defence Dialogue (AFDD) was held at the Expo Centre Karachi, on Nov 16 and 17, a press release issued by the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said. It said: Pakistan delegation was led by Lt. Gen. (Retd) Hamood uz Zaman Khan, Secretary Defence of Pakistan.

During the Dialogue, Pakistan and Sri Lanka reviewed the existing scope of bilateral military relations and expressed satisfaction on the progress achieved under the umbrella of AFDD. Both leaders exchanged views on regional security and upcoming challenges. It was agreed that Pakistan and Sri Lanka will continue to support each other at all regional and international fora. The cooperation in the field of defence industry, military training, joint exercises high level visits will continue.

In the end, it was agreed that the next meeting of AFDD will be convened in Sri Lanka, on mutually agreed dates, in 2023.

The Delegation also visited the Defense Expo IDEAS-22 which is being held at Karachi and had discussions with various stakeholders. The high level defence delegation also called on the Minister of Defence Production, Secretary of Defence Production, Secretary of Defence and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee during their visit to Pakistan. Maj. Gen. (R) Umar Farooq Burki HI (M) High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka ensured to facilitate and make this a successful high level Sri Lankan defence delegation visit to Pakistan.