Pakistan, Saudi Arabia 2 week long joint 'Counter Terrorism' exercises ends

September 4, 2023

By The South Asia Times

ISLAMABAD - Two week long joint military exercises of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ended on Monday, official said.

The closing ceremony of the Pakistan-KSA “Joint Exercise in Counter Terrorism domain AL BATTAR-I” was held at Cherat in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said ISPR in a statement.

The two weeks long exercise commenced on 22 August 2023 with participation of Special Forces contingents from two brotherly countries.

Nawaf Saeed Al Malkiy, the Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Pakistan and along with senior military leadership witnessed the final day activities of exercise, it said.

Combat Aviation along with the Special Forces of both countries displayed their professional excellence while the Exercise concluded with the Fly Past.

The exercise was aimed at further harnessing the historic military to military relations between both brotherly countries, including nurturing of joint employment concept against counter terrorism and identifying areas of mutual interest for future military collaborations.