Pakistan on Friday denied media reports that the country had canceled a deal to buy dozens of attack helicopters from Turkey amid long-lasting limbo with the United States over its refusal to issue an export license for engines that power the choppers.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, clarified that speculations over the cancellation of Pakistan’s deal for acquiring T129 Tactical Reconnaissance and Attack Helicopters (ATAK) from Turkey are “baseless.”
Other reports, citing Pakistani military and diplomatic sources, said remarks by Director-General of ISPR, Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar, this week were misconstrued and that the country did not give up on the deal.
