Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mr Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited Naval Headquarters Is-lamabad and called-on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi.
On arrival at Naval Headquarters, the Minister was received by Chief of the Naval Staff and both digni-taries had a one-on-one meeting at CNS office.
The Foreign Minister greatly appreciated the profession-alism and operational readiness of Pakistan Navy and lauded PN significant contributions in achieving Pakistan Foreign Policy objectives through Naval Diplomacy. He assured all out support of the Gov-ernment for Pakistan Navy to meet the evolving challenges in maritime domain.
Afterwards, the Minister was given a detailed brief-ing on Pakistan Maritime Security Challenges geo-strategic mileu by Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Op-erations) Vice Admiral Naveed Ashraf.
The Foreign Minister during his talk at the briefing session added that Government of Pakistan fully realizes the im-portance of maritime sector and its immense economic potential for prosperity of the country. Foreign Minister praised Pakistan Navy’s contribution for regional maritime sector development of the country.
