ABU DHABI: Ambassador to UAE Jamil Ahmad Khan on Friday said Pakistan is making good break-through in introducing its defence products and paving the way for huge orders from interested parties from Middle East and North Africa.
During his visit to the Pakistan Pavilion at the International Defence Expo - IDEX being held in Abu Dhabi, the Ambassador said Pakistan has robust mechanism to meet the defence needs of international market with full compliance of international regulations.
The Ambassador said Pakistan is a responsible country and has a perfect mechanism of maintaining comprehensive control over its defence installations.
He mentioned a recent visit of a delegation of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) led by its Chairman Ambassador Joerg Ranau of Germany who appreciated the steps taken by Pakistan for bringing its export controls concerning the proliferation of missile and related technology at par with the best international standards.
He said for the first time in the history of Pakistan, the submarine PNS Khalid which was fully upgraded and modified indigenously, had been put on display at the IDEX.
Multi-purpose auxiliary craft PNS Jurrat, fully fabricated in the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) and destroyer PNS Shahjahan vessels have also been displayed at the exhibition, he said.
As many as 24 high profile and auxiliary defence production companies from Pakistan are participating in this exhibition under the banner of Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) of Pakistan. Most prominent are Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) and Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW).
Ambassador Jamil Ahmed Khan in response to questions to media that Pakistan had recently held a tri-lateral meeting with the chairmanship Troika of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), led by USA, which was hosted by Turkey in Ankara on 23-24 January 2013.
He said the 47-member NSG works to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons through implementation of guidelines for control of nuclear and nuclear-related exports.
He said these interactions were part of Pakistan's concerted effort to engage with the international export control regimes, in pursuance of the direction received from the National Command Authority (NCA) chaired by the Prime Minister.
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