Both sidesmaintained thatdefencecooperationwasan important partofChina-Pakistanall-weatherstrategiccooperation, and agreed to furtherenhancepracticalcooperation in defence technology.
England's eyes will now turn towards Sunday's final in Barbados, potentially against this winter's Ashes opponents Australia, should Michael Clarke's unbeaten team put paid to Pakistan's defence of the trophy on Friday.
Last year, these groups formed a major part of the movement launched by an alliance of Jihadist religious forces, the Defence of Pakistan Council, to put pressure on the Pakistani civilian rulers not to reopen the Nato supply routes through Pakistan.