Steadfast Pak-Turkiye mutual support hailed

'We are playing a role in promotion of Turkish language and culture in Pakistan,' Turkiye's Consul General says

LAHORE:

Turkiye's Consul General Durmus Bastug has said that Pakistan and Turkiye enjoy exemplary relations since 1947 and both countries have supported each other in every difficult time.

Addressing a seminar organised by the Punjab University’s Pakistan Study Centre to celebrate Turkiye’s 100 years of democracy and 75 years of diplomatic relations with Pakistan, he said Pakistan and Turkiye were two separate states but the heart of their people was one. He said both countries always supported each other at every level in difficult situations. He said President Tayyip Rajab Erdogan had always supported Pakistan’s position regarding Kashmir at every forum.

“We are playing a role in the promotion of Turkish language and culture in Pakistan,” he said and added that there was a need to strengthen the bilateral ties.

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PU Vice Chancellor Dr Khalid Mahmood said steps were needed to increase trade relations with Turkiye for the stability of Pakistan’s economy. He said the universities of both countries were working together on many projects.

In his keynote lecture, the Head of the Urdu Department of the Turkish Radio and Television, Dr Furkan Hamit said that even before the creation of Pakistan, the Muslims of the subcontinent had played their role in the Khilafat Movement.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 11^th, 2024.