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Turkish land forces commander calls on COAS

By our correspondents
September 21, 2016

RAWALPINDI: Commander of the Turkish Land Forces General Salih Zeki Colak on Tuesday visited General Headquarters and called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif.

During the meetings wide range of issues of mutual interest including defence, security cooperation, training and measures contributing towards regional stability came under discussion, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release here stated.

General Salih Zeki Colak was given detailed briefing on Operational, intelligence and training aspects of Pakistan Army. The visiting dignitary lauded the unparalleled achievements of Pakistan Army and sacrifices made in fight against terrorism.

Earlier on arrival at General Headquarters Commander of the Turkish Land Forces laid a wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada.A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army presented the guard of honor to the visiting dignitary.The delegation is scheduled to visit training institutions including recently established state of the art National Counter Terrorism Centre at Pabbi.