CDF Munir, Syrian foreign minister discuss defence, security cooperation

Dawn reports that Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, met Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani on Friday at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to discuss defence and security cooperation. The military's media wing said both sides discussed regional security and ways to strengthen bilateral ties, with Munir highlighting Pakistan's fraternal relations with Syria. The Syrian minister also met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and proposed a joint business council. This is the first visit by a Syrian foreign minister to Pakistan since two thousand seven, following the change of government in Damascus.

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