What Lebanon army chief’s visit to Pakistan means
Lebanon’s armed forces commander, Gen. Rodolphe Haykal, met with his Pakistani counterpart, Field Marshal Asim Munir, during his visit to Pakistan that coincided with ongoing negotiations between Iran and the US despite exchanges of fire.
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army commander, Gen. Rodolphe Haykal, met with Pakistan’s powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi on Tuesday for talks on bilateral relations and regional developments.
Haykal arrived in Pakistan on Saturday amid renewed tensions between Iran and Israel following an Israeli strike on Beirut, a development that risked complicating Pakistan's mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran.
What happened: During their meeting on Tuesday, Haykal and Munir discussed the latest security developments in the region and prospects for expanding defense cooperation and military ties between Lebanon and Pakistan, according to a statement from the Pakistani military’s media office.
According to the statement, talks also focused on ways to boost professional interactions, training cooperation and institutional ties between the armed forces of the two countries.
