Turkey to sell four corvette ships to Pakistan - defence minister
Deal to sell 4 corvettes to Pakistan's Navy is Turkish defense industry's largest single export, Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said in a statement on Thursaday. He also added that the tender was now finalised, describing it as Turkey's biggest single miltary export deal and "a very important day" for the defence industry.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 05 July 2018
- Modified Date: 02:47 | 05 July 2018
Turkey has won a tender to build 4 corvettes for Pakistan Navy, Turkish National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Thursday.
"This will be the largest single export in the history of Turkish defense industry," Canikli told Anadolu Agency and TV broadcaster TRT during his official visit to Montenegro.
The agreement is a milestone for Turkish defense industry and has proven its adequacy, the minister said.
"Turkey has undertaken such a sophisticated project for the first time," Canikli said.
Recalling that negotiations had continued for six months, he said the parties decided to build two of the corvettes in Istanbul Shipyard and other two in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
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