ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and France have expressed their resolve to furtherenhance and diversify their cooperation in counter terrorism domain withinthe framework of Bilateral Declaration on cooperation.
It was stated in a joint communiqué after 6th Round of Pakistan-FranceJoint Security Commission Talks held in Rawalpindi today.
Retired Lieutenant General Ikram-Ul-Haq led Pakistan delegation whileFrench delegation was led by Secretary General for Defence and NationalSecurity Mrs Claire Landais.
During the plenary session, both sides held a comprehensive review of theprogress made on the issues discussed during the last Security CommissionTalks held in France in 2017.
Views were also exchanged on the prevailing security environment andstrategies to mitigate the threats emanating from the existing challengesparticularly terrorism.
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Both sides also noted with satisfaction the signing of Academic CooperationAgreement between National Defence University of Pakistan and the Institutefor Higher National Defence Studies of France.
It was agreed that next session of Joint Security Commission will beconvened in Paris on mutually agreed dates.
It is pertinent to mention that Joint Security Commission meets regularlysince 2011 in order to maintain high-level exchanges between France andPakistan in field of security cooperation and fight against terrorism.
