Turkey approves deal for training Pakistani, Afghan military

[Saithan]

Parliament last week approved a protocol concerning the training of Afghan and Pakistani military personnel.

The governments of Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan, emphasizing their desire to improve relations and cooperation in the field of security, signed the protocol on mutual exercises and training courses of military personnel in İstanbul on Nov. 1, 2011, with Law No. 3119.

The protocol was published in the Official Gazette on May 10, 2012.

According to Article 1 of the protocol, the purpose of the protocol is to promote mutual relations and cooperation between the military of the three countries, and to enhance such cooperation in the areas of exercises and training courses.

The protocol binds military personnel, members of the armed forces from all three countries, to take part in further training and cooperation.

Article 4 of the protocol states that the three countries should cooperate in various fields, including combined special forces exercises, counterterrorism courses, combined natural disaster search and rescue exercises, tactical operation courses for dealing with improvised explosive devices, military training and capacity building as well as mid and high-level seminars on various other topics.

According to Article 8, the protocol does not affect the rights and responsibilities arising from any other international agreements that the three countries may have previously concluded.

The protocol was signed by Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, his Turkish counterpart, Gen. Necdet Özel, and Afghan Lt. Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi on the conclusion of a trilateral summit hosted by Turkish President Abdullah Gül in İstanbul on Nov. 1, 2011, which was organized to reduce tensions between the two neighboring countries.

President Gül told reporters last November that Pakistan and Afghanistan had agreed to establish a joint mechanism for investigating the assassination of High Peace Council chief and former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, in order to establish the truth of what happened. The Turkish president said terrorism remained a key challenge and hurdle to peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The trilateral summit between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan came at a “critical” time due to the increasing tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan said last November that they hoped the trilateral summit between the two countries and Turkey would lead to a reduction of recently inflamed tensions.

Afghan-Pakistani relations remain strained after both accused the other of supporting terrorist attacks and activities in their respective countries. Afghanistan also has accused the Pakistani intelligence agency of involvement in the recent assassination of Rabbani. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, calling the trilateral summit a significant move in the right direction, said: “The unfortunate assassination of Rabbani has thrown the entire [peace] exercise into difficulty. It was almost the end of negotiations.”

source: Turkey approves deal for training Pakistani, Afghan military

 

[no_koadsheding_plz]

a bit off topic but whenever i read any english news paper the names of Turkish people are not written in english they are wirtten in probably turkish script ( or whatever that is ..) .. why ? i cant read what that means .. like this article Gen. Necdet Özel,

cant it be writen in straigh english alphabets ?

and what is that O with two dots above it ? not standard english alphabet ..

Good to see Turkey working for peace between these two nations..

 

[TheCommander]

a bit off topic but whenever i read any english news paper the names of Turkish people are not written in english they are wirtten in probably turkish script ( or whatever that is ..) .. why ? i cant read what that means .. like this article Gen. Necdet Özel,

cant it be writen in straigh english alphabets ?

and what is that O with two dots above it ? not standard english alphabet ..

It is so simple. Would you be okay, if someone changed your name? Ö is one of the letters in our alphabet which English does not have. We usually prefer to not change our names when we write them. That is why we write as they are. Got it?

 

[Saithan]

not much different than spelling elhamdulillah or elhamdurillah, small variation that ultimately refers to the same thing. Doing a little research on those letters would have told you a lot more, than making a comment on it.

 

[RayKalm]

This is not 'training', Saithan, this is a trilateral summit. Where all three will exercise together. There's a huge difference.

Our Pakistani soldiers don't need training, they are one of the best trained in the world. We train soldiers of OTHER countries, not the other way around.

Regards.

 

[BronzePlaque]

This is not 'training', Saithan, this is a trilateral summit. Where all three will exercise together. There's a huge difference.

Our Pakistani soldiers don't need training, they are one of the best trained in the world. We train soldiers of OTHER countries, not the other way around.

Regards.

Yes they do..We all do..There is a Military Cooperation Agreement between Turkey and Pakistan..In accordance with this agreement Pakistani Pilots are training newly graduated Turkish pilot candidates..Google Pilot Major Masood Hussain( May Allah bless his soul ) This protocol is within the scope of Military Cooperation Agreement with the addition of Afghan contribution..Please let us all refrain from irrational chest thumpings

 

[turkaholic]

a bit off topic but whenever i read any english news paper the names of Turkish people are not written in english they are wirtten in probably turkish script ( or whatever that is ..) .. why ? i cant read what that means .. like this article Gen. Necdet Özel,

cant it be writen in straigh english alphabets ?

and what is that O with two dots above it ? not standard english alphabet ..

Good to see Turkey working for peace between these two nations..

To add to what others have said, what you have quoted is the General's name, so it does not have a meaning other than that. As long as they for example don't call it Öperation (operation), I don't see any problems.

 

[Saithan]

I think this cooperation between the three countries are a good sign. Afghanistan and Pakistan has been on odds for a while due to the issues around Taliban militants. And to be honest if things are going to be smoothed over and Afgh. and Pak. are going to be cooperating more it's necessary to have a country to keep them together on friendly terms. I hope that Turkey can fulfill this role and assist in improving the relationship between two neighbours. because I don't see any other country able to do that.