Turkish president to visit Pakistan on Saturday

Erdogan will meet PM Nawaz to discuss matters of bilateral relations


Abdul Manan/abdul Manan July 31, 2015
Pakistan’s relations with Turkey have gained strength and have seen tremendous improvement over the past few years . PHOTO: AFP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in Pakistan on Saturday and meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss matters of bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.

Erdogan will be stopping over in Islamabad following his trip to Indonesia, making this his first trip to the country as the president of Turkey but the seventh visit in the last ten years.

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As the prime minister of Turkey, Erdogan visited Lahore and Islamabad in December 2013.

Pakistan’s relations with Turkey have gained strength and have seen tremendous improvement over the past few years under the tenure of PM Nawaz, after which; bilateral relations have acquired a new direction.

Both sides have been eager to turn historic and cordial relations into a durable strategic and economic partnership.

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Pakistan deeply appreciates the personal contribution to the growth and expansion of Pakistan-Turkey relations under Erdogan’s leadership.

COMMENTS (6)

Common sense | 8 years ago | Reply Any sane Turk will tell you that erdogan is doing the same things on turkey that Zia ul Haq did in the 1980's. He is flirting with ISIS and at the same time targeting the Kurds in turkey, Iraq and Syria even though they are Muslims and at the forefront of the fight against ISIS. Corruption under erdogan has grown leaps and bounds as has the clampdown on civil liberties.
Abdullah Akbar | 8 years ago | Reply Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man of honour, He is most welcome on our country... I am impressed by his tactics of dealing with all those protests in Turkey in recent years.
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