President Erdogan gifts Turkish electric vehicles Togg to PM, President
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (APP):President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan has gifted Turkish electric vehicles Togg to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari.
While thanking the president for the thoughtful gesture, the prime minister lauded the strides made by the Turkish automotive industry and looked forward to collaboration amongst Pakistani and Turkish automotive companies in future.
Later, the Prime Minister and First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari also drove their respective electric cars along with President Erdogan.
President for stronger trade, economic, cultural ties with Turkiye
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP):Pakistan and Turkiye have reiterated their commitment to further improve bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade, economy, energy, defence, tourism, and people-to-people contacts for the mutual benefit of the two brotherly countries. Emphasizing the vast potential for enhanced economic cooperation, both sides underscored the need to increase trade and investment relations.
These matters of mutual interest were discussed during a meeting between the visiting Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr Thursday.
Welcoming President Erdogan, and his delegation, President Asif Ali Zardari said that Pakistan and Turkiye enjoyed historic fraternal ties and supported each other on various international fora. He underscored that President Erdogan’s visit held special significance for the people of Pakistan and would help further solidify bilateral relations.
The President stated that Pakistan offered an investment-friendly environment and reiterated Pakistan’s desire to see enhanced investment by the Turkish enterprises in Pakistan including in the stock market and other key areas of the economy. He called for increasing cooperation in the banking sectors of the two countries to facilitate businesses and boost bilateral trade volume to its fullest potential. He underscored the need for increased connectivity and air links between Pakistan and Turkiye to encourage tourism and strengthen people-to-people ties.
The meeting also discussed regional and international issues, particularly Gaza and Syria, and agreed to work together to promote peace and stability in the region and globally. He thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Turkiye’s principled support for Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.
President Erdogan reiterated Turkiye’s commitment to strengthening bilateral economic ties, and stated that he would continue to encourage Turkiye’s companies to invest in Pakistan and wanted to raise bilateral trade to $5 billion.
The Turkish President called for enhancing people-to-people relations to pass on the friendship to succeeding generations. He lauded the advancement and stability achieved by Pakistan. He also thanked the President for Pakistan’s continued support to Turkiye on the Cyprus issue. He stated that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute should be resolved through dialogue and in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.
Following the meeting, President Asif Ali Zardari hosted a banquet in honour of President Erdogan, First Lady Emine Erdogan, and the Turkish delegation.
President for stronger trade, economic, cultural ties with Turkiye
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP): Pakistan and Turkiye on Thursday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in multiple fields including defense, economy, science, education and health besides reiterating the efforts to achieve the goal of $5 billion bilateral trade volume.
The bilateral ties and cooperation were discussed during the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the 7th session of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council encompassing wide-ranging areas including trade, investment, defense, agriculture, education, energy, science & technology, and infrastructure.
The two leaders, addressing a joint press stakeout, following their meeting and HLSCC meeting, told the media that they reaffirmed to fight against terrorism considering it their common enemy.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in his remarks, said that both sides discussed a range of issues including trade, strategic and defense cooperation and signed accords for multiple cooperation including for a special economic zone to be built by a Turkish firm.
“I assure you that I will work closely with you and our teams will work closely to convert these MoUs into action,” he remarked.
Welcoming the Turkish president who was visiting after five years, he said that the bilateral relations were not carved out after Pakistan’s independence but went back centuries.
He said during the Turkish Independence movement, the Muslims of the subcontinent, fully supported the Turkish
people who also reciprocated with even greater compassion and magnanimity.
Prime Minister Shehbaz said that be it was earthquake or floods, Turkiye stood by Pakistan through thick and thin and recalled President Erdogan and the First Lady’s visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas in 2010 and support for the reconstruction of houses and schools.
He viewed that President Erdogan’s visit would take the bilateral friendship to new heights and called him a highly respected Muslim world leader for his strong stance on issues like Gaza, Palestine and Kashmir.
“Turkiye always stood by Pakistan for the just cause of Kashmir. You always maintained your stance loud and clear. Similarly, Pakistan fully supported the cause of Northern Cyprus and stood by Turkiye in this cause in an unwavering fashion,” he remarked.
The prime minister also thanked the visiting dignitary for appreciating the sacrifices of Pakistani people and armed forces in fighting against terrorism.
“Together we will fight this menace and will not rest until we defeat this,” he resolved and also urged the Afghan government to play its part to eliminate the menace.
Turkish President Erdogan, in his remarks, said that the HLSCC was the highest-level mechanism to institutionalise the centuries-old friendship.
He said in the HLSCC meeting, both sides agreed to strengthen ties and also later signed 24 MoUs and agreements to enhance cooperation in trade, water resources, agriculture, energy, culture, science, banking, education, defence and health.
Besides, he said in his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz, they extensively discussed bilateral, regional and global developments.
President Erdogan encouraged Turkish investors to engage more in Pakistan and develop flagship projects.
He told the media that both sides had agreed to continue efforts to reach the goal of $5 billion trade volume and considered expanding the scope of the Goods Trade Agreement in the first stage.
They observed that the military dialogue and cooperation in defence sector had grown trade and investment relations besides agreeing for the projects in procurement and joint manufacturing.
Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz for being the first leader to visit Turkiye after the earthquake and appreciated Pakistan’s sacrifices against terror and for regional stability, assuring Turkiye’s unconditional support in this regard.
The Turkish president said that Turkiye stood in solidarity with the Kashmiri people and sought the resolution of the issue as per UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
Appreciating Pakistan’s support to the Northern Cyprus cause, he said that Turkiye made efforts with Pakistan at the United Nations and OIC to support the Palestinian people and would keep up efforts for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Quds Al Sharif as its capital.
Pakistan, Turkiye sign MoUs, agreements in fields of media, cultural cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP): Pakistan and Turkiye on Thursday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in multiple fields including defense, economy, science, education and health besides reiterating the efforts to achieve the goal of $5 billion bilateral trade volume.
The bilateral ties and cooperation were discussed during the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the 7th session of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council encompassing wide-ranging areas including trade, investment, defense, agriculture, education, energy, science & technology, and infrastructure.
The two leaders, addressing a joint press stakeout, following their meeting and HLSCC meeting, told the media that they reaffirmed to fight against terrorism considering it their common enemy.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in his remarks, said that both sides discussed a range of issues including trade, strategic and defense cooperation and signed accords for multiple cooperation including for a special economic zone to be built by a Turkish firm.
“I assure you that I will work closely with you and our teams will work closely to convert these MoUs into action,” he remarked.
Welcoming the Turkish president who was visiting after five years, he said that the bilateral relations were not carved out after Pakistan’s independence but went back centuries.
He said during the Turkish Independence movement, the Muslims of the subcontinent, fully supported the Turkish
people who also reciprocated with even greater compassion and magnanimity.
Prime Minister Shehbaz said that be it was earthquake or floods, Turkiye stood by Pakistan through thick and thin and recalled President Erdogan and the First Lady’s visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas in 2010 and support for the reconstruction of houses and schools.
He viewed that President Erdogan’s visit would take the bilateral friendship to new heights and called him a highly respected Muslim world leader for his strong stance on issues like Gaza, Palestine and Kashmir.
“Turkiye always stood by Pakistan for the just cause of Kashmir. You always maintained your stance loud and clear. Similarly, Pakistan fully supported the cause of Northern Cyprus and stood by Turkiye in this cause in an unwavering fashion,” he remarked.
The prime minister also thanked the visiting dignitary for appreciating the sacrifices of Pakistani people and armed forces in fighting against terrorism.
“Together we will fight this menace and will not rest until we defeat this,” he resolved and also urged the Afghan government to play its part to eliminate the menace.
Turkish President Erdogan, in his remarks, said that the HLSCC was the highest-level mechanism to institutionalise the centuries-old friendship.
He said in the HLSCC meeting, both sides agreed to strengthen ties and also later signed 24 MoUs and agreements to enhance cooperation in trade, water resources, agriculture, energy, culture, science, banking, education, defence and health.
Besides, he said in his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz, they extensively discussed bilateral, regional and global developments.
President Erdogan encouraged Turkish investors to engage more in Pakistan and develop flagship projects.
He told the media that both sides had agreed to continue efforts to reach the goal of $5 billion trade volume and considered expanding the scope of the Goods Trade Agreement in the first stage.
They observed that the military dialogue and cooperation in defence sector had grown trade and investment relations besides agreeing for the projects in procurement and joint manufacturing.
Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz for being the first leader to visit Turkiye after the earthquake and appreciated Pakistan’s sacrifices against terror and for regional stability, assuring Turkiye’s unconditional support in this regard.
The Turkish president said that Turkiye stood in solidarity with the Kashmiri people and sought the resolution of the issue as per UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
Appreciating Pakistan’s support to the Northern Cyprus cause, he said that Turkiye made efforts with Pakistan at the United Nations and OIC to support the Palestinian people and would keep up efforts for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Quds Al Sharif as its capital.
PM Shehbaz, President Erdogan pledge to unlock full bilateral trade, investment potential
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday pledged to enhance the economic ties between Pakistan and Turkiye by unlocking the full potential of bilateral trade and investment.
“Our bilateral trade volume is strengthening year by year as in 2024 alone, it increased by around 30%,” President Erdogan said while addressing the Pakistan-Turkiye Business and Investment Forum here during his two-day visit.
But, he said “We are still far behind our target of $5 billion trade volume”, expressing his confidence that all the relevant stakeholders would play a role in increasing the trade volume.
He believed that expanding the scope of the preferential trade agreement between the two countries and evolving it into a free trade agreement would contribute to stable and balanced increase in the trade volume.
President Erdogan also stressed the need to improve combined road and railway transportation to increase the trade activities between the two countries.
“It will be in the interest of the entire region to leverage projects that we can implement with a holistic perspective such as reactivating the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul trade railway line as well as initiative on the middle corridor, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),” he added.
He emphasized that Pakistan with its dynamic population and fertile agricultural land as well as important strategic position, could become one of the major economies in future.
He said Pakistan’s evolving economy was expected to undertake significant projects in the coming period, particularly in the fields of energy, agriculture, healthcare, infrastructure, IT, energy, trade and investment.
The Turkish president assured the businessmen of providing every kind of support to ensure that they made the most of the trade and economic opportunities between the two countries.
As regards situation in Gaza, the Turkish president said “Gaza belongs to our Gazan brothers and sisters and it will remain to be so, forever”.
He said Turkiye and Pakistan will act shoulder-to-shoulder to ensure peace and prosperity of the region.
PM Shehbaz said the people of Pakistan and Turkiye enjoyed brotherly relations even in the pre-partition era.
He said Pakistan had always joined voice with the voice of the Turkish President for the freedom of the people of Gaza and Kashmir. He said under leadership of Erdogan and Nawaz Sharif, investment and trade ties between Turkiye and Pakistan touched highest point in the history of friendship and brotherhood.
The prime minister urged the businessmen and the investors to contribute towards the government’s efforts to achieve the bilateral trade volume of $5 billion.
“Today we signed various MoUs and agreements but the more important is to convert them from paper to actions. For this, I assure to extend my government’s all-out support to Turkish businessmen investing in Pakistan,” he said.
