{"id":124743,"date":"2026-08-31T23:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=124743"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:20:03","slug":"coas-separately-meets-saudi-defence-minister-turkish-foreign-defence-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/coas-separately-meets-saudi-defence-minister-turkish-foreign-defence-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"COAS separately meets Saudi Defence Minister, Turkish Foreign, Defence Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"537\"><strong data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"343\">RAWALPINDI:<\/strong> Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ during his official visit to T\u00fcrkiye, held a series of high-level engagements in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"907\">The COAS separately met Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hakan Fidan Minister of Foreign Affairs of T\u00fcrkiye, Yasar G\u00fcler, Minister of National Defence of T\u00fcrkiye and General Sel\u00e7uk Bayraktaroglu Chief of the Turkish General Staff, said a press release issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"1044\">During the engagements, matters of mutual interest, bilateral defence cooperation and the regional security environment were discussed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1368\">The COAS also attended the meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee under the Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence, bringing together Pakistan, T\u00fcrkiye and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 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