KARACHI: Pakistan Navy warships, Combat Helicopters held joint maritimedrills with middle eastern state.
The 13th bilateral annual maritime exercise, Shaheen Al Jazeera-19, betweenPakistan and Bahrain naval forces concluded at Karachi, said thespokesperson of Pakistan Navy on Sunday.
The spokesperson said that the bilateral maritime exercise between PakistanNavy’s Special Service Group and Royal Bahrain Defence Force’s SpecialOperation Force (SOF) concluded at Karachi.
The exercise is aimed to strengthen military relations, interoperabilityand exchange of professional expertise, he added.
Pakistan Navy’s warships, Sea King helicopters and special forces boatshave taken part in the naval drills Shaheen Al Jazeera-19. The navies ofboth countries conducted maritime interdiction operation in the Arabian Sea.
Both forces exhibited skills for carrying out anti-terrorism operations forsafeguarding waters on the last day, the spokesperson said.