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Pakistan Planned To Acquire Key Military Equipment From Ukraine

Pakistan has approached Ukraine for the procurement of several equipment in its effort to refurbish the armed forces's capability. Pakistan has approached Ukraine for the procurement of 200 units of Zaslon Active Protection System and to integrate them with its existing fleet of tanks among other equipment.While the global agency, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had placed Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018, urging Islamabad to implement a 27-point action plan to curb money laundering and terror financing.

Pakistan has approached Ukraine for the procurement of several equipment in its effort to refurbish the armed forces's capability.

Pakistan has approached Ukraine for the procurement of 200 units of Zaslon Active Protection System and to integrate them with its existing fleet of tanks, top sources in the defence industry said.

The Pakistan Army has asked Ukraine's state-owned State Foreign Trade Enterprise (SFTE) 'SpetsTechnoExport' to supply 200 units the new defensive equipment.

Pakistan has also requested the SFTE to conduct a technological presentation in a situation close to combat and have four units of the Zalson APS available for testing at a demo site in Ukraine. "After successful trails/demo, Pakistan Army will place an order for serial production of the system by August 2021," sources said.

Zalson APS is a radar-based system which provides 150 to 180-degree wide coverage and has capability of defeating incoming projectiles. 


Pakistan Keen to acquire Ukrainian Oplot tank and Skif missile system

Pakistani General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited a Military Test Site in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and witnessed field tests of various combat vehicles and systems.

Pakistani  had indicated strong interest in the test performance of the Ukrainian modern weapon system, among which he highlighted the newest Oplot tank and the Skif anti-tank system (an export modification of the Stugna missile system).

“Pakistan is keen to enhance defense cooperation with Ukraine on the basis of Transfer of Technology and Joint Ventures in future as both sides can benefit from each other’s experience,” said Spokesperson Pakistan Armed Forces.

Both sides agreed to further optimize military to military ties particularly in defense production, training, counter-terrorism and intelligence domains.

Ukraine is keen to collaborate with Pakistan in its effort to revive its struggling defence industry. Ukraine government has marked sizable budget to upgrade its soviet era military industrial base.

While the global agency Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had placed Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018, urging Islamabad to implement a 27-point action plan to curb money laundering and terror financing. 

In a statement FATF said, “Pakistan should continue to work to address its strategically important AML/CFT (anti-money laundering/ combating financing of terrorism) deficiencies" by actions such as strengthening its laws, demonstrating that it is seeking assistance from foreign countries to implement UN Security Council requirements on freezing financial assets of designated terrorists and cutting off their access to funds, by demonstrating that appropriate sanctions were applied on people and organizations.

Arms deal with Pakistan will further jeopardize the effort of global agency against the terrorism.



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