{"id":33780,"date":"2023-12-10T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/coas-munir-heads-to-us-on-first-official-visit\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T12:24:05","slug":"coas-munir-heads-to-us-on-first-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/coas-munir-heads-to-us-on-first-official-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"COAS Munir heads to US on first official visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Sunday left for the United States on an official visit, according to the military\u2019s media affairs wing.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this was COAS Munir\u2019s first visit to the US as the army chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring his visit, Gen Munir is scheduled to meet the senior military and other government officials of USA,\u201d the ISPR said.<\/p>\n

In October, the army chief and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin had held a telephone conversation<\/a> and discussed \u201careas of mutual interest as well as recent regional developments\u201d.<\/p>\n

In July, US Central Command (Centcom) chief General Michael Erik Kurilla had called on the COAS in Rawalpindi and recognised<\/a> Pakistan\u2019s \u201ccontinued efforts\u201d for bringing peace and stability to the region.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in February, the ISPR had to step in to quash rumours<\/a> that COAS Munir made a secret trip to the US while on a visit to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

The rumours that Gen Munir quietly flew across the Atlantic had begun after a former army officer claimed in a tweet that the army chief\u2019s aircraft went to the US on Feb 6 and landed at New Jersey\u2019s Teterboro Airport.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Sunday left for the United States on an official visit, according to the military\u2019s media affairs wing. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this was COAS Munir\u2019s first visit to the US as the army chief. \u201cDuring his visit, Gen Munir is scheduled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33781,"comment_status":"open","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.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/12\/10163215477fa06.jpg?r=163322","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t