Chief of Army Staff(COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday met US Central Command(Centcom) Commander General Michael E. Kurilla at the Pakistan Army General Headquarters(GHQ) and bandied matters of collective interest.
According to a statement by the service’s media sect, the Centcom commander had a one-on-one meeting with the army chief.
“Matters of collective interest, indigenous security situation, and stability, defense and security cooperation particularly military to military ties were bandied during the meeting,” the Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR) said.
It stated that the one-on-one call was followed by a delegation-position meeting in which Pakistan Army’s counter-terrorism sweats and significant benefactions toward indigenous peace and stability were bandied.
The Pakistan- US military training exchange program also came under discussion.
“The visiting dignitary conceded Pakistan Army’s estimable sweats in the fight against terrorism, counter-terrorism gests, and sweats for indigenous peace and stability,” the ISPR said, adding the visiting dignitary also visited Army Museum and took a keen interest in colorful literal enclosures.
Before, political sources told Dawn that the United States and Pakistani officers were considering colorful options army chief’s visit to the United States in late August or early September.
Last month, Gen Bajwa also reached out to Washington to request help in securing an early disbursement of finances from the International Monetary Fund(IMF). He spoke with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and latterly a State Department functionary rejected media enterprises that the call was linked to the current political situation in Pakistan.
Latterly, Gen Bajwa also spoke with Commander US Centcom Gen Michael Erik Kurilla and, according to a sanctioned statement, the two bandied “matters of collective interests, indigenous stability as well as defense and security cooperation in detail.”
