Defence pact signed with France

Published April 9, 2008

ISLAMABAD, April 8: Pakistan and France signed on Tuesday a defence collaboration plan for the year 2008-09 at the Joint Staff Headquarters, Chaklala.

The director-general of foreign military cooperation, Maj-Gen Noor Hussain, and deputy chief of the staff of French Forces for International Relations, Air Marshal Pierre Bourlot, signed the plan at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Chaklala.

According to a press of the Ministry of Defence, the two countries agreed to enhance military cooperation and offer military courses and training assistance for ‘tri-services officers’.

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