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Israeli air chief

meets PAF chief

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli Air Force chief has met senior officials of Pakistan and Iran in Singapore last week, a news report said here Tuesday.

According to Israeli Radio, Maj-Gen Eytan Ben-Eliyahu, the Israeli air force chief, last week met at the Singapore Air Show a senior Iranian Air Force officer and the Pakistani Air Force chief.

According to the report, Ben-Eliyahu told the unnamed Iranian officer, who is the Iranian air force deputy commander, that his father was born in Iran and that he, Ben-Eliyahu, once visited Tehran.

The report said that Ben-Eliyahu also met Pakistan Air Force chief, Air Marshal Pervez Mehdi Qureshi, who was in Singapore to attend the air show after completing an official visit to Sri Lanka.

According to the radio report, a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has "confirmed that the meetings took place." No other details were given.-Internews