Lieutenant General Waheed Arshad, Chief of General Staff performed the opening ceremony of Pakistan - Turkey Joint Training Exercise ATTATURK-VII-2011 at Cherat, in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on 21st September 2011, says a press release of Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations directorate.
While addressing the participating troops, the Pakistani General said that Pakistan and Turkey are joined together with deep and abiding bonds of friendship and brotherhood which have withstood the test of times. The special relationship between the two Armed Forces will be further strengthened by this Joint Exercise, he said. Urging the troops to excel in their field, he said that troops of both countries must benefit from each other’s combat experiences.
It may be noted that Special Forces of Pakistan and Turkey conduct joint training exercises each year, held alternately in Pakistan and Turkey. The exercise held in Pakistan is named as ATTATURK and that held in Turkey is called JINNAH.
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Photo caption: Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Waheed Arshad, addressing Special Forces of Pakistan and Turkey during opening ceremony of Joint Exercise ATTATURK-VII / 2011 at Cherat (21-09-2011)
Pakistan has close ties to the defense of Turkey, member of the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While Pakistan supports Turkey in its territorial dispute with Cyprus, Turkey has been generally supportive of the case of Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.
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