Pakistan opens two-week military exercise with Qatar, Turkiye among participating nations

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani military launched on Tuesday a two-week multinational military exercise aiming to further harness military relations with friendly nations, including Qatar and Turkiye, its media wing said.
Special forces contingents from Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Turkiye and Uzbekistan would participate in the two-week exercise, ‘Eternal Brotherhood-II,’ according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military’s media wing.
Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir attended the opening ceremony of the exercise and interacted with the participating soldiers. The commanding officer of Pakistan’s elite Special Services Group (SSG) briefed the army chief on the scope of the exercise.
“The exercise is aimed at further harnessing the historic military-to-military relations among the friendly countries, including nurturing of joint employment concept, while identifying areas of mutual interest for future military collaborations and benefitting from each other’s experience against terrorism,” the ISPR said in a statement.
Prior to visiting Barotha, Gen Munir also visited the Junior Leadership Academy (JLA) in Shinkiari in northwest Pakistan, which is the center of excellence for training of non-commissioned officers. He laid a floral wreath at the martyrs’ monument and addressed the participants of the academy.
“Junior Leaders are the backbone of Pakistan Army and are key to success in conventional and unconventional warfare,” the ISPR quoted him as telling the trainees.
He lauded the army’s junior leaders for proving their mettle in the fields of training, operations and competitions across the world.

Pakistan opens two-week military exercise with Qatar, Turkiye among participating nations