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Sunday, November 02, 2008

China hands over frigate to Pakistan

China on Friday handed over a F-22P frigate to Pakistan at a ceremony at the Hudong Shipyard.

Besides representatives of the shipyard, senior officials from the Chinese Navy, China Ship Building and Trading Company, Pakistan Navy, Ministry of Defence and Shanghai-based Consulate General of Pakistan attended the ceremony.

Three of the four F-22P frigates, for which the two countries signed an agreement in 2005, will be built in China while the fourth will be constructed at Karachi Shipyard for transfer of technology.

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