CDF Munir arrives in Turkiye on two-day official visit

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Turkiye on Monday for a two-day official visit, Pakistan TV reported.

Quoting security sources, Pakistan TV said CDF Munir received a warm welcome upon his arrival. During the visit, he will hold important meetings with Turkiye's military and political leadership to discuss matters of mutual interest.No further details regarding the visit's agenda were released.

A week ago, CDF Munir was in Iran to attend Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei's funeral alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

The visit comes a month after Turkish Land Forces Commander General Metin Tokel called upon CDF Munir at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

General Tokel had expressed his commitment to further enhancing defence cooperation and institutional linkages between the armed forces of the two brotherly nations.

General Tokel also called on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf and the Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu.

CDF Munir visited Tehran in May as part of Pakistan's mediation efforts between the United States and Iran.

During the visit, he met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior officials.