The Ministry of Defense for Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) said that the Pakistani military attache in Libya, Brigadier General Atef Talha, confirmed "that his country wants to strengthen cooperation in the military field with Libya."

The Pakistani military attache's confirmation came during a meeting Monday with GNA Defense Minister Salahuddin Al-Nimroush at the ministry's headquarters in Tripoli.

The Ministry of Defense, in a statement said that the meeting discussed "the mechanisms of strengthening cooperation between the ministries of defense of the two countries and great experience of the Pakistani army in various military fields, especially those related to combating terrorism and organized crime".