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Pakistan to host another Aman series naval exercise next year
* First of four Chinese frigates ready to be delivered to Pakistan
BEIJING: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said on Saturday that Pakistan would host another naval exercise of the Aman (Peace) series in March next year, APP reported.
He expressed hope that Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy would again participate in the exercise, along with naval forces from other countries, in Pakistani waters, to enhance understanding and stability in the maritime domain worldwide.
Afzal will meet Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie, PLA Commander Navy Admiral Wu Shengli, and other senior officials. He will be the chief guest at the launch of first F-22P Frigate PNS Zulfiqar at Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai on April 7. This is the first time the Pakistan Navy has ordered large fighting units from China and it demonstrates our trust in Chinese technology, said the Naval Chief.
We are very thankful to the PLA Navy which is providing whole-hearted support for this project and is also ensuring that these ships are constructed in accordance with the Naval standard and our requirements, he noted. Under an agreement signed in 2005, China will build four ships, three at the Hudong Shipyard, while the fourth one will be constructed at the Karachi Shipyard in 2013, fulfilling a pledge that was part of the April 2005 agreement to build frigates to transfer Chinese shipbuilding technology to Pakistan, Reuters reported.
First frigate: Meanwhile, The China Daily said that a Shanghai shipyard had completed the first of four frigates to be delivered to Pakistan. The deal was a catalyst for co-operation on the construction of other vessels, the paper said, citing Admiral Tahir.
They [frigates] will be deployed for the defence of our maritime interests and to meet our commitments in other aspects of maritime diplomacy, the paper quoted Tahir as saying. The F-22P ship is a modification of a Chinese frigate that uses a Russian-designed main gun rather than a Chinese model. It will be armed with eight surface-to-air missiles and eight surface-to-surface missiles.
* First of four Chinese frigates ready to be delivered to Pakistan
BEIJING: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said on Saturday that Pakistan would host another naval exercise of the Aman (Peace) series in March next year, APP reported.
He expressed hope that Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy would again participate in the exercise, along with naval forces from other countries, in Pakistani waters, to enhance understanding and stability in the maritime domain worldwide.
Afzal will meet Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie, PLA Commander Navy Admiral Wu Shengli, and other senior officials. He will be the chief guest at the launch of first F-22P Frigate PNS Zulfiqar at Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai on April 7. This is the first time the Pakistan Navy has ordered large fighting units from China and it demonstrates our trust in Chinese technology, said the Naval Chief.
We are very thankful to the PLA Navy which is providing whole-hearted support for this project and is also ensuring that these ships are constructed in accordance with the Naval standard and our requirements, he noted. Under an agreement signed in 2005, China will build four ships, three at the Hudong Shipyard, while the fourth one will be constructed at the Karachi Shipyard in 2013, fulfilling a pledge that was part of the April 2005 agreement to build frigates to transfer Chinese shipbuilding technology to Pakistan, Reuters reported.
First frigate: Meanwhile, The China Daily said that a Shanghai shipyard had completed the first of four frigates to be delivered to Pakistan. The deal was a catalyst for co-operation on the construction of other vessels, the paper said, citing Admiral Tahir.
They [frigates] will be deployed for the defence of our maritime interests and to meet our commitments in other aspects of maritime diplomacy, the paper quoted Tahir as saying. The F-22P ship is a modification of a Chinese frigate that uses a Russian-designed main gun rather than a Chinese model. It will be armed with eight surface-to-air missiles and eight surface-to-surface missiles.
