France hands over command of multinational CTF-150 to Pakistan Navy

It is the tenth time that Pakistan Navy has been depended with this respect.

ISLAMABAD (City News) – French Navy gave over Command of Multinational Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) to Pakistan Navy at a great difference in charge function held at Headquarters US NAVCENT, Bahrain. Raise Admiral Naveed Ahmed Rizvi of Pakistan Navy assumed control over the Command of CTF-150 from Rear Admiral Olivier Lebas of French Navy.

It is the tenth time that Pakistan Navy has been depended with this respect. Bad habit Admiral Kevin M Donegan, Commander US Naval Force Central Command and Commander Combined Maritime Forces managed the function.

At the beginning of the service, Rear Admiral Olivier Lebas, the active CCTF-150, introduced resume of CTF 150’s current achievements. Leader Maritime Forces Vice Admiral Kevin M Donegan, amid his address additionally saluted him for a vocation well done.

While tending to the group of onlookers, Rear Admiral Naveed Ahmed Rizvi, new CCTF-150 guaranteed that his group is completely arranged to bear this renowned duty. CCTF-150 likewise commended the active French Navy group and their devoted endeavors to accomplish destinations of CTF 150 amid their residency of Command and reaffirmed his make plans to proceed with operations with a similar energy and pizzazz. He additionally featured that relations between Pakistan Navy and coalition Navies keep on strengthening because of our engaged responsibility in help of community oriented oceanic security to convey peace and steadiness to this locale.

Joined Task Force 150 is one of the three Task Forces inside the ambit of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). It is a Multinational Coalition for Counter Terrorism operations adrift in help of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) with the mission to advance Maritime Security adrift, dissuade, prevent and upset acts from securing psychological oppression while countering related illegal exercises adrift. The quantity of partaking nations in CMF has ascended to 31 over the timeframe.

Before show Command residency, Pakistan Navy had the restrictive refinement of summoning CTF-150 for nine times and Multinational Combined Task Force 151 (Counter Piracy Task Force) eight times which is an indication of the trust and regard delighted in by Pakistan Navy among coalition accomplices. Throughout the years, Pakistan Navy has served the sea interests of Pakistan as well as successfully satisfied its universal commitments.

The service was gone to by Pakistan’s Ambassador to Bahrain H.E Mr Javed Malik and a few high-positioning military authorities from coalition nations.