Pakistan, Iraq sign land mark defense deal

Pakistan and Iraq has signed a land mark defense agreement in Baghdad for defense cooperation under which Pakistan would provide twelve MFI- Mushaq trainer aircraft and twelve JF- Thunder Block III fighter jets to Iraqi Air Force.

Credible sources in PAF told The Nation that agreement for 1.8 billion USD deal reached during talks between visiting Pakistan Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmed Babar and his counterpart in Iraqi Ministry of defense.

Iraqi side in the talks were represented by secretary General defense Iraqi defense Ministry  Lt Gen Ahmed Dawood and Lt Gen Shahab Jahid Ali of Iraqi defense Ministry.

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