Ukraine on verge of signing new deal with 巴基斯坦

巴基斯坦’国防部长扎米尔·哈桑·沙赫（Zamir ul Hassan Shah）中将率代表团正式访问了乌克兰，以参加军事和国防部联合委员会第二次会议ense production fields.

Secretary Defence has also visited the SE “Malyshev Plant” in Kharkiv where he familiarization with the production of modern Ukrainian armored vehicles. He mentioned that 巴基斯坦 values its relations with Ukraine and believes that the relationship will strengthen with the passage of time.

Some sources reported that Ukraine is on the verge of signing a deal to provide 巴基斯坦 with new and upgraded main battle tanks.

In April, “Delovaya Stolitsa” interviewed 巴基斯坦’s Ambassador to Ukraine Maj. Gen (retired) Athar Abbas, who told 德洛瓦亚·斯托利察 that 巴基斯坦 could be interested in 100 Oplot-P (export version for 巴基斯坦) main battle tanks.

At the end of the May, “Podrobnosti” reported of the SE “Malyshev Plant” completing an Oplot-P main battle tank destined for 巴基斯坦, but for testing as part of a tender. 巴基斯坦 had tested the Oplot-M in 2015 as well.

Early, the 巴基斯坦i government has signed an agreement with Ukraine for the supply of 200 engines to equip the Al Khalid-Improved main battle tank (MBT), according to 巴基斯坦i defence officials.

According to Ukrainian media reports, Ukraine and 巴基斯坦 also have started implementing a bilateral agreement for the upgrade of the 巴基斯坦 军队’s T-80UD Main Battle Tank (MBT)

Ukraine’s Interfax news agency reveals that representatives of Ukraine’s largest state-run defense contractor have met with 巴基斯坦 defense industry officials at this year’s International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi in late February and concluded a number of agreements.

According to two signed contracts, Ukraine is slated to supply 88 tank sights and kick off a pilot project for the overhaul of an initial batch of five 巴基斯坦 军队 T-80UD MBTs, which, depending on Islamabad’s satisfaction with the upgrade work on the first five tanks, will extend to the 军队’s entire inventory of around 300 T-80UD MBTs.