*KARACHI: Pakistan Navy carried out bilateral exercise Malpak II in ArabianSea with Malaysian Navy, a Navy spokesman said on Saturday.*
The Malpak II exercise comprised of the harbour and sea phase, a spokesmanof Pakistan Navy said.
Pakistan Navy’s ship Saif and helicopters participated in the Malpakexercise II.
PNS Azmat and long-range maritime aircraft also participated in the drill,the Navy spokesman said.
In the sea phase the sea-to-sea and sea to air targets were exercised.
The search and rescue operations were also part of the drill the Navyspokesman added.
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In a previous exercise counter piracy drills were also carried out in whichboarding teams demonstrated practical boarding operations onboard a suspectvessel.
The exercise proved mutually rewarding to hone professional skills ofparticipating personnel from both navies and learn from each other’sexperiences.
Pakistan Navy had also held Turgutreis-III drill with Turkish Navy aftersuccessfully holding Aman-2019 exercise recently.
The bilateral naval exercise will further promote bilateral defencerelations, the spokesman said.
