Chinese military helicopters arrive

ISLAMABAD: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has dispatched four military helicopters to Pakistan to help the flood-affected people.

China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian and Pakistani Army Aviation’s Brigadier Babar jointly received the helicopters at Islamabad International Airport on Wednesday. It was first time that the Chinese military helicopters carried out an overseas mission. The four military helicopters from China’s Xinjiang military area command took off from a military airfield in the western region along with ground support and relief supplies. They were previously engaged in transportation and search and rescue operations in the wake of several major natural disasters in China.