Astana, Kazakhstan: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan has signed a contract with Ministry of Defence of Pakistan for military cooperation for year 2018.
According to the press service of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the delegation of Pakistan was led by Lieutenant-General Malik Zafar Iqbal Head of the Headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces.
Within the framework of the fourth Kazakh-Pakistan joint military commission at the National Defense University named after the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy, a meeting was held between First Deputy Defense Minister – Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Lieutenant-General Murat Maykeev and Lieutenant-General Malik Zafar Iqbal.
At the fourth meeting of the Kazakh-Pakistan joint military commission, the parties discussed issues of cooperation in the field of military education, training of special purpose units, implementation of the Agreement on military-technical cooperation between Kazakhstan and Pakistan.
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The delegation of Pakistan visited the Military museum, the simulation center, the faculties of the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Guard and the Advanced Training, and familiarized themselves with the educational and material base of the university.