RAWALPINDI: The closing ceremony of the joint military exercise of Pakistan – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), “Al Kassah-IV”, was held at Military College of Engineering Risalpur, said ISPR on Thursday.
According to a press statement of the Inter Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing, the troops from Royal Saudi Land Forces and Pakistan Army participated in the exercise. The two-week-long exercise was aimed at sharing mutual experiences in the field of Route Search, Area Search, Vehicle/ Personal search and Area clearance operations.
The closing ceremony of Pakistan-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Joint Military Exercise ‘Al Kassah-IV’ was held at the Military College of Engineering, Risalpur today. pic.twitter.com/203baMmHlZ
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According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the drills regarding Improvised Explosives Devices (IED), Vehicle Improvised Explosive Devices (VIED), Anti-Suicidal, Victim Operated Improvised Explosive Devices and handling of explosives were the special focus areas of the joint exercise.
This is the 4th joint exercise of the Al-Kassah series as part of bilateral military cooperation between both friendly countries.
Pakistan Army Engineer-in-Chief witnessed the closing ceremony as chief guest.
A high-level military delegation from KSA headed by Director General Engineers Major General Saad Misfer Alqahtani also attended the closing ceremony.
