By NNN-APP
Karachi : The Saudi and the Pakistan navies enjoy decades long, deep friendly ties.
This was stated by the Commander West Fleet of the Royal Saudi Naval Force, Rear Admiral Abdullah S. Al-Sultan.
He was expressing his views at a reception hosted by the Saudi Defence Attache in Pakistan, Captain (Navy) Abdullah Saeed Al Ghamdi, at a local hotel here.
Rear Admiral, Abdullah Al-Sultan, is here in connection with the joint Naval exercise with Pakistan Navy- Nasim Al-Bahr.
He said that the Saudi Royal Navy and the Pakistan Navy enjoy long ties spanning over five decades.
Admiral Sultan said that the 9th edition of the joint naval exercise Nasim Al-Bahr is underway. This year Marines, Special Forces and Aviation Force is also taking part.
“It is a very good exercise. We are gaining a lot of good coordination with Pakistan Navy”, he remarked.
Admiral Sultan said that this will make our ties further strong and we are looking forward to improve the exercise further.
The Commander Logistics of Pakistan Navy, Rear Admiral, Muhammad Shafi, said that a strong Saudi delegation and a fleet of seven ships are participating in the exercise.
He said that the three-week long joint naval exercise will continue till February 9.
The Saudi Defence Attache in Pakistan, Captain Saeed Al Ghamdi, said that the naval exercise Nasim Al-Bahr is the 9th in the series.
He was of the view that this is another opportunity to fuse the two navies together. We have decades of cooperation between our navies.