Pakistan ‘approves’ Chinese subs deal
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PAKISTANI Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a deal “years in the making” to buy eight submarines from China, a Pakistani government official said yesterday.
The official, who was at Tuesday’s meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defense which was briefed by the Navy, said the deal to buy the diesel-electric submarines would likely be signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits, “but that is still not final.”
Xi was due to travel to Pakistan this month, the government in Islamabad has said. China has said Xi will visit this year, but gave no dates.
“The prime minister has approved buying eight submarines from China and these would be used to bolster Pakistan’s strength,” the official told reporters.
He added that “last-minute homework is pending.”
“Some officials are travelling to China even today. Work is ongoing,” he said. “This deal is years in the making.”
He said Pakistan was looking at S20 and Yuan class diesel-electric vessels.
Asked about the submarines, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China and Pakistan were friendly neighbors and that the two sides had normal military exchanges.
“I can tell you, relevant cooperation does not violate international convention and accords with China’s three principles on military exports,” she told a daily news briefing.
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