Pak military denies anti-Iran joint wargames on its soil
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Jan 25, IRNA -- Pakistan on Tuesday denied in categorical terms that joint US and British commando wargames were held in the southern port city of Karachi. Talking to IRNA here, Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Shaukat Sultan said that certain media reports in this connection were "totally incorrect." Asia Times On Line carried a story on January 19 saying US and British commandos had held military exercises jointly in Karachi against Iran. "This is not true. The report is totally wrong," the military official stressed. Some excerpts from the Hong Kong-based web service were on Tuesday carried by a local Urdu newspaper, Khabrain, in which it was claimed that the US-UK commandos held the wargames with a view to attacking Iran from Karachi. "This was not a joint military exercise, but training of Saudi naval commandos from January 1 to 17," General Sultan added. "No one from the US or UK was present during the training," the military spokesman clarified. Last week, a US publication printed a report suggesting Pakistan had "helped" the United States target Iran`s nuclear power plants. Islamabad had outrightly and emphatically denied the report. "It was aimed at creating a cleavage between Pakistan and Iran, which enjoy very deep-rooted relations," Pakistan`s Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told IRNA. MHA/TSH/2321/1432
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