Times of Islamabad

Pakistan and China to hold joint military drills

Pakistan and China to hold joint military drills

BEIJING – China and Pakistan militaries will continue to maintain a goodmomentum of relations and high-level exchanges and actively conductcooperation in different services this year, the Chinese Ministry ofNational Defense said on Thursday.

“China and Pakistan are good neighbours who uphold peaceful coexistence. Weare brothers, trusted friends and good partners who seek commondevelopment,”

Spokesman of Chinese Ministry of National Defense Wu Qian said whileresponding to a question asked by APP during his monthly briefing held here.

He informed that in the year 2019, China and Pakistan militaries wouldmaintain a good momentum of relations and high level exchanges.

“Both countries will actively conduct cooperation and exchanges in ourdifferent services and educational institutions,” he added.

The spokesman said the two countries would also organize many jointexercises and training oriented towards real combat situation and worktogether to achieve more fruitful results across the board.

Wu said that Chinese armed forces would attend the International Army Games2019 in August, adding, Chinese teams will participate in 12 contests ofthe games held in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, India, and Iran.

“China will also host four contests in Korla of Xinjiang Uygur AutonomousRegion,” he added.