Cutting ceremony of first of four MILGEM Ada class corvette for Pak Navy held in Istanbul

ISLAMABAD, Sep 30 (APP):Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi jointly cut the first metal plate of the first of the four MILGEM Ada class corvette at a graceful ceremony in Istanbul.

Vice President of Turkey Fuat Oktay, Minister for National Defence of Turkey Hulusi Akar, Chief of Turkish General Staff General Yasar Guler, Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Adnan Ozbal, Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, and other dignitaries attended the ceremony that also included induction of MILGEM class TCG Kinaliada into Turkish Navy, a message reaching here Monday said.

Speaking to the guests, President Erdogan termed the brotherly Pakistan-Turkey relations as exemplary saying that great potential exists for collaboration in the defence production field.