The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif earlier today visited the National Counter Terrorism Training Centre (NCTC), Pabbi and witnessed the Pak–Sri Lanka–Maldives Trilateral Exercise “ Eagle Dash-I.”
The two weeks long exercises were focused on counter terrorism operations and sharing of field combat experience of all three armed forces.
Speaking on the occasion, the Army Chief congratulated all participants of exercise for displaying high level of professionalism and combat skills.
General Raheel underscored that such exercises will consolidate special relationship between three forces and help eliminate terrorism from the region.
He said, “Terrorism is a global phenomenon and terrorists have no country, religion or sect.”
He said that Pakistan has been victim of terrorism for over a decade and sacrificed a lot but at the end we have turned the tide primarily due to resilience displayed by the whole Nation and professionalism of our armed forces. “We are willing to share our experiences with the world for the benefit of humanity and as an obligation towards International peace.”
COAS said that Pakistan Army has also taken the initiative of providing counter terrorism training to police personnel and other law enforcement agencies in Pakistan in an effort to enhance their capacity and make them capable of skillfully dealing with this menace in an efficient manner.
Praising the performance and potential of the trainees, he said such training will enhance the confidence of LEAs and also foreign military delegates.
COAS witnessed the exercise and lauded professionalism of Pakistan Army.
Owing to the successes of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a large number of friendly countries have requested Pakistan Army to organize training for their troops in state of the art Counter Terrorism Training Centre. So far Pakistan Army has conducted joint exercises with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China and Jordan to enhance their combat efficiency.
