12th Pak-Egypt Military Cooperation Committee held in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi, 12th Pak-Egypt Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) meeting was held in Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi, Pakistan from 27-29 August, 2019. Lt Gen (Retd) Ikram Ul Haq, Secretary Defence, led the Pakistan side where as Major General Tarek Sa’ad Zaghloul Abd-El-Majeed, Assistant to the C-in-C, Minister of Defence and Military Production led the Egyptian side.

During the meeting, Pakistan side briefed the Egyptian side on regional stability besides holding open and candid discussion on issues of mutual interest. The two sides reviewed the present status of bilateral defence cooperation and also explored new avenues to further strengthen cooperation in the fields of defence production, military training and exercises.

Major General Tarek Sa’ad Zaghloul Abd-El-Majeed, Assistant to the C-in-C, Minister of Defence and Military Production of Egypt called on Federal Minister, Mr. Pervez Khattak in his office Rawalpindi today.

The Minister said that Pakistan attaches great importance to Egypt in its bilateral relations and desire to further enhance it. Both sides agreed to work closely with each other in realm of defence production, military training and mutual exercises.