RAWALPINDI – Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have commenced a joint militaryexercise in the South Asian country, according to Saudi Press Agency.
Called ‘al-Samsam 8,’ the military exercise between the Royal Saudi LandForces (RSLF) and Pakistan Army kicked off with a ceremony at theCounter-Terrorism Training Center in Pakistan in the presence of theMilitary Attaché at the Saudi Embassy in Islamabad Maj. Gen. Pilot Awad BinAbdullah Al-Zahrani, the commander of the 37th Brigade Maj. Gen.l JavedDost and senior officers from both sides.
The drill has been split into several stages and hopes to integrate the“expertise between the participating forces,” Pakistan’s Major GeneralP.S.C. Jawed Dost was quoted by SPA as saying.
In December last year, the Royal Saudi Land Forces and the Pakistani Armyconducted a similar exercise titled ‘Al Kaseh 3.’
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Earlier 2021, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) combat aircrafts and crewmembers arrived in Pakistan’s Mushaf Air Base to participate in the AirExcellence Center Exercise.
This aerial sortie was conducted alongside their US counterparts.
