Overview
- Field Marshal Asim Munir met Lebanese Armed Forces commander General Rodolphe Haykal at GHQ Rawalpindi on Tuesday to review the regional security environment and expand military cooperation, the military’s media wing said.
- Pakistan’s ISPR said talks with Lebanon focused on boosting professional exchanges, training programs and institutional links between the two armies.
- Agence France-Presse and other reporting linked Haykal’s visit to Pakistan’s mediation role in US–Iran negotiations that negotiators say must address Lebanon’s place in any settlement.
- Bahrain National Guard commander General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Isa also visited on Tuesday and held talks with Munir and service chiefs that included cooperation on drones, artificial intelligence and other emerging defence technologies.
- Officials described the visits as recognition of Pakistan’s professional armed forces and a move that could shape training, technology transfers and diplomatic leverage as negotiators seek a broader regional deal.