Pakistan-US ties: In a significant move, the federal cabinet has silently given nod to the security pact with the United States that may pave the way for Pakistan to procure military hardware from Washington DC, according to a report published by The Express Tribune.
On Wednesday, official sources informed The Express Tribune that the Pakistan cabinet through a circulation summary gave its approval for signing the Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement, known as the CIS-MOA between Pakistan and the US.
The CIS-MOA first was signed between the Joint Staff Headquarters of Pakistan and the US Department of Defence in October 2005 for 15 years. However, the agreement expired in 2020, ANI reported.
“The CIS-MOA is a foundational agreement that the US signs with its allies and countries with which it wants to maintain close military and defence ties. It also provides legal cover to the US Department of Defence for ensuring the sale of military equipment and hardware to other countries," the website read.
The security pact between Pakistan and the US indicates that the United States might sell some military hardware to Pakistan in the coming years, as per The Express Tribune reports.
In July this year, Pakistan and the United States agreed to enhance their bilateral ties in the defence field. A meeting was held between a top American general and Pakistan's army chief General Asim Munir to discuss the matter. They discussed matters of mutual interest, regional security situation and defence cooperation between the two nations.
“The visiting dignitary acknowledged and appreciated Pakistan Army’s successes in (the) fight against terrorism and Pakistan’s continued efforts for bringing peace and stability in the region," the statement said.
It stated that both sides reiterated the desire to further enhance bilateral relations in all fields.
humtum6767 on August 5th, 2023 at 10:22 UTC »
Pakistan sheltered Osama, killed thousands of American troops in Afghanistan by supporting Taliban. The mastering of 26/11 attack in Mumbai who killed hundreds of people including Americans and Jews is free and is considered a hero in Pakistan. US will never learn. I guess profits are more important than lives, selling arms to a terrorist country.
WellOkayMaybe on August 5th, 2023 at 05:17 UTC »
Pakistan and the US have to agree to extend CISMOA,.so Pakistan can continue to use the datalinks and software defined radios on their F-16's.
The US won't want to take those toys away from Pakistan, as that would make the Turks all sorts of nervous, with their large fleet of F-16's - having already been denied the F-35.
India officially won't say anything as they know this is something the US has to do. India has signed an India-specific version of CISMOA as well (COMCASA), so they can use the special comms equipment aboard their C-130J's and C-17 Globemasters.
Unofficially, of course you'll get Indian jingoists and armchair generals bleating about this because they don't understand how any of this works. But that's what you get when you have relatively free expression in a democracy - the loudest and often least competent voices get more than their share of audience.
The-first-laugh on August 4th, 2023 at 18:00 UTC »
SS: It seems like US and Pakistan have renewed the security pact CISMOA that they first signed in 2005. This pact is valid for 15 years before it needs to be renewed.
The reason it wasn't renewed in 2020 was because Trump was not interested in Pakistan and Imran Khan wanted nothing to do with USA.
Since both leaders are not in power, USA and Pakistan have renewed the pact. This is bad news for Taliban and to a certain extent India, as the security hardware that Pakistan will get through this pact will most likely be used against them.