Pakistan willing to share counter-terrorism expertise with UN: Defence Minister

Government of PakistanPakistan willing to share counter-terrorism expertise with UN: Defence Minister

The Minister for Defence Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that Pakistan is willing to share its counter-terrorism expertise with the United Nations.

“Pakistan has conducted successfully through Operation Zarb-e-Azb, one of the largest counter-terrorism operations ever conducted. The lessons learnt and deep expertise gained by Pakistan’s armed forces and law-enforcement agencies constitute an invaluable resource available to the United Nations,” Dastgir said in his meeting with the UN Undersecretary General for Field Services Atul Khare (USG-DFS) on the sidelines of the United Nations’ Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Meeting in Canadian City Vancouver.

Khurram Dastgir also informed USG-DFS of Pakistan’s successful endeavor to increase participation of women in peacekeeping contingents.

The UN Undersecretary General for Field Services appreciated Pakistan’s historical and ongoing contribution to UN peacekeeping, particularly the sacrifice of 140 soldiers since 1960. He commended Pakistan’s advanced logistics and training facilities for UN peacekeeping.

The Minister for Defence will speak twice on the final day of the Conference, respectively on Pakistan’s “Smart Pledges” to UN Peacekeeping operations and on “Early Warning and Deployment”, one of the principal themes of the Ministerial meeting.

In the last six decades, Pakistan has sent over 180,000 troops to 45 UN missions in 28 different countries.

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