{"id":112360,"date":"2021-03-05T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T23:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=112360"},"modified":"2021-03-05T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T23:41:09","slug":"chiefs-of-air-staff-of-pakistan-and-bangladesh-calls-on-prime-minister-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/03\/05\/chiefs-of-air-staff-of-pakistan-and-bangladesh-calls-on-prime-minister-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs of Air Staff of Pakistan and Bangladesh Calls on Prime Minister Rajapaksa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Chief of Air Staff of the\nPakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, and the Chief of Air\nStaff of the Bangladesh Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat,\ncalled on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees last evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both heads of the Air Force are\nvisiting Sri Lanka to attend the 70th Anniversary Celebrations of the Sri Lanka\nAir Force. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pakistani and Bangladeshi\ndelegations spoke to the Prime Minister about providing training for Air Force\nofficers as well as assisting each other with technical requirements that\narise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Chief Marshal Khan said that\nhis visit to Sri Lanka shortly after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s visit\nlast week augments, strengthens and enhances the relationship\u201d between the two\ncountries. We stand by shoulder-to-shoulder [with Sri Lanka],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Chief Marshal Serniabat of\nBangladesh spoke about the close ties between the two countries and the two Air\nForces. We stand with our friends,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic of cricket also came up\nin the conversation with the Pakistan Air Chief Marshal.  We\u2019re very thankful\nto Sri Lanka for reviving our cricket,\u201d Air Chief Marshal Khan said, noting\nthat when the Sri Lankan team toured Pakistan in December 2019, it helped boost\nconfidence of other teams to play in Pakistan once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka Cricket\u2019s 2019 tour of\nPakistan was the first international test match Pakistan hosted since the 2009\nterrorist attack on the bus carrying the Sri Lankan team.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other topics, the two Chiefs of\nAir Staff also discussed the COVID-19 situation in their countries, economic\nrevival in the post-COVID era, regional cooperation and tourism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, and the Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees last evening. Both heads of the Air Force are visiting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}