COAS with Italy foreign minister during his official visit to the country. PHOTO: ASIM BAJWA TWITTER.

#COAS arrives Italy for a 3 days official bilateral visit,a number of mtngs,visits lined up with political, mil leadership/field comd-1 — Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) July 27, 2015

Italian FM commended Pak Army as symbol of great hope for peace,stability of region and the entire World-6 pic.twitter.com/64YGCWdpmL — Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) July 27, 2015

#COAS in Italy: Visited Def and Security Industrial Gp to explore wider Def collaboration and coop-3 pic.twitter.com/4Jk0dZ2GCE — Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) July 27, 2015

According to Director General ISPR Major-General Asim Bajwa, COAS General Raheel Sharif is on a three-day official visit to Italy, where he met with Italy's foreign minister and visited Air Defence headquarters. A number of meetings with Italy’s political and military leadership have been lined up for the bilateral visit.Bajwa said that during the meeting with Italian foreign minister, detailed discussions on regional security were held. Bajwa added that the Italian minister lauded the army's positive role for regional peace and stability.During his tour, the army chief also visited Italy’s Defence and Security Industrial group for exploring wider defence collaboration.While visiting the Air Defence headquarters, Gen Raheel was briefed on weapon systems, doctrine, and training regimens.