Dive deeper with our features from Europe and beyond. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) welcomes Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Ankara, Turkey, on June 1, 2022. News, off-beat stories and analysis of German and international affairs. This is Sharif's first official visit to Turkey since assuming office in April. Pakistan is willing to learn from Turkey's experience in the fields of e-commerce, education and infrastructure, he added.
Sharif, for his part, said Turkey and Pakistan are "embedded deep into history and shaped by shared goals." MILGEM is a Turkish warship program that develops multipurpose corvettes and frigates. He said Turkey will start delivering four ships at six-month intervals starting from August 2023. "We are working to improve our cooperation in service sectors such as tourism, education, logistics, civil aviation, communications, and information technologies," he said.Įrdogan said he is glad to see concrete projects in defense cooperation, noting that their joint production of corvettes under the MILGEM project "sets an important example in this sense." dollars for the first time since 2011, Erdogan said, adding that their target is 5 billion dollars. "We are ready to further strengthen Turkey-Pakistan relations with a strategic perspective in line with the history, friendship and potential of the two countries," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a joint press conference in Ankara with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.ĭespite the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries last year increased the bilateral trade volume to over 1 billion U.S. Top Headlines Today - YouTube from i. Anyone seeking permission to use or reproduce the front page of a newspaper featured in our todays front pages exhibit must contact the newspapers publisher directly. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)ĪNKARA, June 1 (Xinhua) - Turkey and Pakistan on Wednesday pledged to strengthen cooperation with a "strategic perspective" on both bilateral and international levels. Erdoan promises welfare, employment in Labor Day message. Families torn apart by PKK mark another joyless Eid in Turkey. Turkey and Pakistan on Wednesday pledged to strengthen cooperation with a "strategic perspective" on both bilateral and international levels. Erdoan says Turkey prepares new project for voluntary return of 1 million Syrian refugees.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L, Front) welcomes Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R, Front) in Ankara, Turkey, on June 1, 2022.