“Pakistan defines the Northern shores of the Arabian Sea and is located at the crossroads between Arabian, Persian, Central Asian (Turkish), Chinese and Indian civilisation. Pakistan thus has a vital role to play in this region,” said the chief minister while addressing heads of delegations of multinational naval exercise AMAN-19 at the CM House on Sunday. Aman 2019 naval exercise commences in KarachiOn the AMAN exercise, Murad said, “Pakistan Navy has been hosting multi-national naval exercise AMAN biennially since 2007 which has a global outlook.”He said with the exercise, Pakistan Navy desired to seek enhanced interoperability between regional and extra-regional navies as a means of promoting peace and stability in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and beyond. Murad urged to protect the sea lines of communication of the Arabian Sea for the benefit of the world. He thanked the heads of delegations for participating in AMAN Exercise 2019.

Source: The Express Tribune February 10, 2019 19:07 UTC