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Pakistan may sign frigate deal with China in June - Navy

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, April 1, IRNA -- Pakistan Chief of Naval Staff Admiral 
Shahid Karimullah has said Pakistan would sign a deal with China for 
supply of four frigates in June, local press quoted him saying. 
"In June, both the countries would formally sign the agreement for
the supply of four Chinese F-22P frigates," he told reporters in 
Islamabad on Wednesday. 
Saying that further modalities would be finalized in May, during 
his upcoming visit to China, the admiral said, "One or two of these 
frigates would be built in China, while the rest in Pakistan". 
Pakistan would also buy anti-submarine helicopters from China and 
this deal would also be finalized in due course, he added. 
To a question, he said that the Pakistan Navy had been conducting 
joint exercises with numerous countries` navies and at present its 
fleet is participating in a two-day multilateral maritime exercise in 
the Gulf of Oman. 
In the exercise Arabian Shark 2004, Admiral Shahid said, maritime 
units of nine international navies have been participating, including 
those of the US, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Kuwait and 
Bahrain. 
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