Bilateral Ties: Khar on first-ever visit to Turkey

Foreign ministers discussed ways to promote bilateral ties, enhance economic, trade activities.

ANKARA:

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Friday that Pakistan and Turkey were working together to convert challenges into opportunities for a better future.

Addressing a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Dr Ahmet Davutoglu, Khar said both sides focused on converting the political goodwill between the countries into more tangible economic projects. “We have agreed to start negotiations on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and decided to explore the possibility of doing bilateral trade in local currencies.”



Published in The Express Tribune, August 12^th, 2011.