Pakistan, Turkey agree to enhance cooperation
islamabad — Pakistan and Turkey on Friday agreed to enhance the bilateral ties in multiple spheres including security, defence, trade and investment besides vowing to maintain bilateral cooperation on regional and international issues for peace and stability.
Addressing a Press conference here along with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu after their one-on-one and delegation level talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, “The strength of Pakistan-Turkey relationship is not relative to time, situations or individual choices. It is a relationship anchored in affection and solidarity among the people of the two nations.”
Foreign Minister Qureshi said that Pakistan and Turkey had been brothers, friends and partners and the inseparable bonds of common faith, history, culture had been reinforced by mutual trust and a sense of inter-dependence on critical issues.
Both the foreign ministers held a one-on-one meeting followed by delegation level talks in which senior officials from both sides were present.
In his welcome remarks, Qureshi noted that regular exchange of high-level visits, and presence of a number of institutional frameworks under the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, was indicative of the close bilateral ties maintained at various levels. Pakistan and Turkey support each other on all issues of core concern to both sides. The Turkish Foreign Minister conveyed the best wishes of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of the Republic of Turkey and congratulated Shah Mehmood Qureshi on his appointment as foreign minister of Pakistan. —