Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia
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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi presenting souvenir to Vice Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al Ghofaily Commander Royal Saudi Naval Forces during his visit to (RSNF) headquarter at KSA. (Photo courtesy: Pakistan Navy)
Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia
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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi exchanging views with Vice Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al Ghofaily Commander Royal Saudi Naval Forces during his visit to Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) headquarter at KSA. (Photo courtesy: Pakistan Navy)
Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia
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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi Conferred with “King Abdul Aziz Medal of Excellence” by the Chief of General Staff Royal Saudi Armed Forces, General Fayyad Al Ruwaili at Riyadh KSA. (Photo courtesy: Pakistan Navy)
Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia
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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi Conferred with received certificated from the Chief of General Staff Royal Saudi Armed Forces, General Fayyad Al Ruwaili at Riyadh KSA. (Photo courtesy: Pakistan Navy)
Updated 30 September 2018
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Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Navy chief receives prestigious medal from Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: Chief of General Staff Royal Saudi Armed Forces, Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, has awarded the prestigious King Abdul Aziz Medal of Excellence to Pakistani Navy Chief Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi.
The navy chief is on official visit to Saudi Arabia and has discussed matters of mutual interest and bilateral defense ties with Gen. Al-Ruwaili, a Pakistan Navy statement said.
“Gen. Al-Ruwaili acknowledged warm and brotherly relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and highly appreciated the role and contribution of Pakistan in spearheading various initiatives for maintaining peace and stability in the region,” the statement read.
Adm. Abbasi also visited the Royal Saudi Naval Forces headquarters in Riyadh.
Commander RSNF, Vice Adm. Fahad Abdullah Al Ghofaily “acknowledged the valuable training support being provided to RSNF by the Pakistan Navy and applauded the successful conduct of Exercise Naseem Al-Bahr by the two navies in Gulf waters,” the statement said.
The dignitaries agreed to further enhance the interaction between both navies in diverse fields of training, mutual visits and defense collaboration.
“The visit is expected to greatly augment the bilateral cooperation between both the countries in general and the navies in particular,” an official statement noted.