ASTANA: Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov on Monday appreciated the participation of Pakistan in the Kazakhstan Defence Exhibition (KADEX-2016) held here in its capital city from June 2 to 5.
During a meeting with Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain who led the Pakistani delegation at the four-day moot, the Kazakh prime minister also expressed satisfaction over bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and conveyed his country’ desire to further enhance them.
Karim exhibited happiness over the military technical cooperation agreement reached between the countries during the visit of the minister. “Kazakh Ministry of Defence has been instructed to enhance cooperation with Pakistan meaningfully,” he apprised the minister. He also underlined the need for increased cooperation between Kazakhstan and Pakistan at regional and international fora.
Inquiring about health of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Karim wished him speedy recovery and good health. Rana Tanveer Hussain thanked the Kazakh prime minister for his sentiments and prayers for early recovery of the prime minister.
The minister briefed the Kazakh PM about his meeting with Defence Minister Tasmagambetov Imangali Nurgaliyevich. He conveyed that Pakistan accorded great importance to its relations with Kazakhstan, emphasizing exchange of high level defence production delegations between the two countries. Additional Defence Production Secretary Major General Tariq Ghafoor also attended the meeting.
During the visit, the defence production minister also visited various pavilions of the KADEX established by Kazakhstan and 40 other participating countries including Pakistan. He showed great interest in arms and military equipment by various domestic and foreign manufacturers put on display in the exhibition.
Pakistan’s defence products were showcased at the pavilion set up by the Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) – Pakistan’s leading public sector corporate company dealing in export of military, industrial, technological products/systems and services. A large number of participants visited the GIDS pavilion and expressed keen interest in Pakistan’s Defence products.
