KARACHI, Pakistan: The Third Round of Pakistan-Sri Lanka Armed Forces Defence Dialogue (AFDD) was held at Expo Centre in Karachi from November 16-17, 2022.
Pakistan delegation was led by the Secretary Defence Lt General (retd) Hamood uz Zaman Khan while the Sri Lankan delegation was headed by the Secretary Defence General (retd) Kamal Gunaratne.
During the Dialogue, Pakistan and Sri Lanka reviewed the existing scope of bilateral military relations and expressed satisfaction on the progress achieved under the umbrella of AFDD.
Both leaders exchanged views on regional security and upcoming challenges.
It was agreed that Pakistan and Sri Lanka will continue to support each other at all regional and international fora.
The cooperation in the field of defence industry, military training, joint exercises high level visits will continue.
In the end, it was agreed that next meeting of AFDD will be convened in Sri Lanka on mutually agreed dates 2023.
