{"id":18585,"date":"2026-01-08T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=18585"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:04:41","slug":"air-chief-marshal-meets-saudi-air-force-commander-discusses-bilateral-defense-cooperation-and-regional-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=18585","title":{"rendered":"Air Chief Marshal Meets Saudi Air Force Commander, Discusses Bilateral Defense Cooperation and Regional Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photo:<\/strong> Pakistan Air Force Chief receives Guard of Honor from Royal Saudi Air Force \u2013 ISPR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:<\/strong> During his visit to Saudi Arabia, <strong>Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Baber Sidhu<\/strong>, Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), held a high-level meeting with <strong>Lieutenant General Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz<\/strong>, Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <strong>ISPR<\/strong>, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad also met <strong>General Fayyaz bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili<\/strong>, Chief of General Staff of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the visit, the PAF Chief was <strong>welcomed with a Guard of Honor<\/strong> by the Royal Saudi Air Force. The discussions focused on <strong>bilateral defense cooperation, regional security, and opportunities for future collaboration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both sides expressed <strong>satisfaction with the current level of cooperation<\/strong> and agreed to enhance ties through <strong>joint training, operational collaboration, and exchange of professional expertise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meetings reaffirmed that the <strong>Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defense partnership symbolizes mutual trust and longstanding brotherly relations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Chief Marshal Zaheer highlighted the <strong>historical and fraternal ties<\/strong> between the two countries and reiterated his commitment to <strong>strengthening military cooperation through multinational exercises<\/strong>. He also <strong>briefed on the PAF\u2019s transformation into a multi-domain force<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Saudi defense leadership<\/strong> appreciated the PAF\u2019s <strong>professional skills, operational superiority, and combat readiness<\/strong>, and expressed interest in <strong>joint training and practical cooperation in multi-domain operations<\/strong>. They also <strong>commended Pakistan\u2019s positive role in promoting regional peace and stability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Pakistan Air Force Chief receives Guard of Honor from Royal Saudi Air Force \u2013 ISPR Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), held a high-level meeting with Lieutenant General Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Commander of the Royal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440","service":"facebook","timestamp":1767863170,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18587,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18585\/revisions\/18587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}