INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the commissioning ceremony of the fourth domestically produced corvette TCG
Kınalıada and the steel-cutting ceremony for the first MİLGEM-class ship to be sold to Pakistan, Istanbul
Photo: Daily SabahISTANBUL: Turkey has started construction of a naval warship for Pakistan, state-owned Anadolu Agency report
Sunday.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a dual ceremony commissioning a new Turkish naval ship while starting construction of a ship
set to be sold to Pakistan Navy.The warship commissioned for the Turkish navy is named TCG Kinaliada while the one being built for Pakistan
is named MILGEM, according to the report.Pakistan had signed a contract for the acquisition of four MILGEM-class ships from Turkey in July
2018.Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and President Erdogan cut the first metal plate of the first of the four MILGEM Ada class
corvette during the ceremony.Speaking on the occasion, Erdogan said that he hoped that Pakistan would benefit from the naval warship that
was being provided to it by Turkey."Our navy, rich with glorious victories, is carrying this legacy into the future by further strengthening
it," he was quoted as saying
He added that Turkey was proud of the accomplishments of the defense sector.MILGEM anti-submarine combat frigates, which can be hidden from
the radar will further enhance the defense capability of the Pakistan Navy.While two corvettes will be built in Turkey, the next two will be
built in Pakistan through technology transfer.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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