{"id":102043,"date":"2025-12-03T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/saudi-commander-praises-pakistan-armys-role-in-regional-peace-during-meeting-with-field-marshal-munir-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:15:08","slug":"saudi-commander-praises-pakistan-armys-role-in-regional-peace-during-meeting-with-field-marshal-munir-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/saudi-commander-praises-pakistan-armys-role-in-regional-peace-during-meeting-with-field-marshal-munir-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi commander praises Pakistan Army&#8217;s role in regional peace during meeting with Field Marshal Munir | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of defence forces expresses satisfaction over &#8216;robust defence collaboration&#8217;, underscores need for cooperation<\/p>\n<p>Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces Lieutenant General Fahad bin Saud Al-Johani in meeting with Field Marshal Asim Munir at GHQ on December 3. Photo: ISPR   <\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces Lieutenant General Fahad bin Saud Al-Johani praised the professionalism of the Pakistan Army and appreciated the &#8220;positive role played by Pakistan in regional peace and stability\u201d during a meeting with Chief of Defence Forces\u00a0Field Marshal Asim Munir at the General Headquarters, the military&#8217;s media wing said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, regional security and prospects for expanding bilateral defence cooperation. The two officials reiterated their commitment to strengthening what ISPR described as \u201clongstanding and brotherly relations\u201d between the armed forces of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTVNewsOfficial\/status\/1996202954307649584\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lieutenant General Fahad Bin Saud Al-Johani, Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces, called on Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), at General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi today.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security,\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47J7OBKxAk\">pic.twitter.com\/47J7OBKxAk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTVNewsOfficial\/status\/1996202954307649584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Field Marshal Munir expressed satisfaction over the \u201crobust defence collaboration\u201d between the two militaries and underscored the need for continued cooperation in training, capacity building and intelligence sharing, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bahrain National Guard Commander General Sheikh Mohammed bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa also met Field Marshal Munir during a visit to the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTVNewsOfficial\/status\/1996213778640404529\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">H.H General Shaikh Mohammad Bin ISA Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Commander Bahrain National Guard, called on Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), at General Headquarters (GHQ) today.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security,\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XoCZtH70b8\">pic.twitter.com\/XoCZtH70b8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTVNewsOfficial\/status\/1996213778640404529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the ISPR, the two leaders held detailed discussions on matters of mutual interest, regional security and opportunities to enhance bilateral defence cooperation. Both sides reiterated their commitment to expand\u00a0the ongoing military collaboration between the armed forces of Pakistan and Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Bahraini commander praised the professional capabilities of the Pakistan Army and acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s role in regional peace and stability,\u00a0the ISPR stated. Field Marshal Munir highlighted the longstanding brotherly ties between Pakistan and Bahrain, saying Pakistan would \u201ccontinue to cooperate with Bahrain in all spheres.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of defence forces expresses satisfaction over &#8216;robust defence collaboration&#8217;, underscores need for cooperation Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces Lieutenant General Fahad bin Saud Al-Johani in meeting with Field Marshal Asim Munir at GHQ on December 3. Photo: ISPR Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces Lieutenant General Fahad bin Saud Al-Johani praised the professionalism of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/coas1764773252-0\/coas1764773252-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}