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Pakistan To Send Chinese Warplanes To Libyan Faction Under Gen. Haftar (ZeroHedge)
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Pakistan To Send Chinese Warplanes To Libyan Faction Under Gen. Haftar
via Middle East Eye
Pakistan has sealed a deal worth over $4 billion to sell military equipment, including warplanes jointly built with China, to General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, according to a report by Reuters.
The deal could significantly alter the military balance of power in the oil-rich North African country, where Haftar rules over the eastern half and a UN-recognized government led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli controls the west.
Pakistan Air Force JF-17, via Military Watch Magazine
"Please make your armed forces as strong as possible because armed forces did guarantee the existence of countries," Pakistan military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir said in a visit to Benghazi last week, where he met Haftar's son, Saddam. Reuters reported that the arms deal was finalized in that meeting.
"Libya is a land of lions," Munir said in a video clip of his address to Lib...
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