ISLAMABAD: The opening ceremony of a trilateral exercise being hosted by Azerbaijan was held in Baku on Sunday, the Pakistani military said, adding that the counterterrorism drill exercise would go on from September 11 to 22, 2021.
This is the first such drill among the three countries, with the goal of improving cooperation among the nations’ special forces and share knowledge and experience.
“Special forces from Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are participating in the subject exercise,” Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said.
In February, Pakistan hosted a joint military exercise, titled Ataturk-XI 2021, between Pakistani and Turkish special forces at the Special Service Group Headquarters in Tarbela.
“The three-week-long exercise focused on counter-terrorism operations including cordon and search techniques, built-up area clearance drills with combat aviation support, hostage rescue. Freefall by paratroopers and martial arts were also practiced during the training,” the ISPR had said.
