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Pakistan and Ghana Pledge Deeper Military Ties After High-Level GHQ Talks

The talks signal planned cooperation on joint training, counter-terrorism, defence production designed to strengthen regional security through expanded defence industry links.

Overview

  • The visit, which took place Thursday, June 18, 2026, saw Ghana’s Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General William Agyapong received at Pakistan’s GHQ with a tri‑services guard of honour.
  • A meeting between Lieutenant General Agyapong and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir covered regional security, defence collaboration and mutual strategic interests.
  • Both sides publicly committed to deepen military‑to‑military engagement with immediate emphasis on joint training programs, counter‑terrorism cooperation and defence production initiatives.
  • Ghana’s National Security Coordinator Abdul Razak Osman separately met Pakistan’s naval and air chiefs, Admiral Naveed Ashraf and Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, indicating service‑level follow up across navy and air force channels.
  • Pakistan’s military media wing ISPR framed the exchanges as the start of expanded bilateral defence cooperation, a form of defence diplomacy meant to build interoperability and open channels for training exchanges and industrial links.