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Pak Navy to join US-led coalition plan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, April 17, IRNA -- The Pakistan Navy will join the US-led 
Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan (CMCP) next week in line with the 
country`s general policy of participation in international 
peacekeeping/peace enforcing efforts. 
Dawn newspaper reported on Saturday that the Pakistan Navy would 
not participate in any blockade by the coalition against any country 
in the region. 
Quoting the chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Shahid Karimullah, the 
daily said that "the interdiction operations within the country`s 
territorial waters shall be conducted only by the Pakistan Navy." 
The naval chief further said that Pakistan had contributed forces 
in Somalia, Sierra Leone, East Timor, etc., and by joining the 
coalition maritime plan would augment the Pakistan Navy`s surveillance
of its area of interdiction against threats to its maritime security. 
MHA/TSH/LS/210 
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