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Press Trust of India / Colombo September 06, 2012, 18:35
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Sri Lanka and Pakistan today agreed to maintain and promote closer
military cooperation and intelligence sharing to counter the growing threat
of terrorism.
This was decided at a meeting between senior Pakistani and Sri Lankan
defense officials held in Islamabad, Pakistani High Commission said in a
statement here today.
During the meeting between Pakistan's Secretary Defense Production Lt
Gen (retd) Shahid Iqbal and senior Sri Lankan defense official Brig TN
Jayasooriya, both the sides agreed to enhance cooperation in the area of
military training‚exercises and intelligence sharing to counter the growing
threat of terrorism.
Both nations have assisted each other during testing times in their
history, the statement said, adding Pakistan and Sri Lanka have comprehensive
and training collaboration for Army, Navy and Air Force.
Early this week, China had pledged to strengthen defense cooperation
with Sri Lanka.
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