An impressive opening ceremony of three weeks long joint Exercise (AL-SAMSAAM-IV-2011) between Pakistan Army and Royal Saudi Land Forces was held on Monday near Jhelum.
National Flags of both the countries were hoisted. Inspector General
Training and Evaluation, Lieutenant General Muzamil Hussain was chief
guest on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion Lieutenant General, Muzamil Hussain said
that Saudi Arabia has always been a Pakistan’s special friend and
armies of both countries maintain close ties with each other.
He said joint exercise will provide an opportunity to troops of both
the countries to benefit from each other’s experience. Defense Attache
of Saudia Arabia Commodore Abdullah Saeed Ghamdi also attended the
ceremony and said that both the nations have long lasting and strong
historical relationship.
It is worth mentioning here that the joint Exercise aims at
familiarization and sharing of information through an inclusive
training programme in real time.
This will also include collective training at unit and brigade level
to observe drills and procedures in low intensity conflict operations.
The Exercise will enhance the battle competence, of participating troops against intimidation operations. SANA
