Photo: Press service of the Ministry of Defense
Head of the Russian On September 24, General Staff General Valery Gerasimov discussed military cooperation with the Chairman of the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Armed Forces, General Nadim Raza. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the meeting took place in Moscow. Yesterday, the Pakistani army watched the military exercises of the Peace Mission 2021 at the Donguz training ground in Orenburg. General Gerasimov thanked his colleague for his personal participation in the active phase of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's military exercises.
In recent years, military cooperation between the two countries has intensified. The detachment of ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet took part in the multinational naval exercise AMAN-2021, the bilateral naval exercise Arab Monsoon-2021 and anti-piracy maneuvers that took place in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. The frigate of the Pakistani Navy “Zulfikar” again took part in the main naval parade in St. Petersburg.
During the talks, the chiefs of staff discussed the situation in Afghanistan after the change of power there.
Photo: Ministry of Defense Press Service < On the eve of Valery Gerasimov, who also took part in exercises in the Orenburg region, he held bilateral meetings with the Chief of Joint Staff of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China, Colonel General Li Zuocheng and Chief of Staff of the Indian Armed Forces, General Bipin Rawat. China and India are also members of the SCO.
Two days ago in Helsinki, they met with the Chairman of the Corps of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Mill.