Pakistan

Security challenges: Army chief assures Turkish leadership 'total support'

General Raheel Sharif holds meetings with Turkish president, PM during visit in the aftermath of Ankara blast

Web Desk October 13, 2015

Army chief General Raheel Sharif shakes hand with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to the meeting on October 13, 2015. PHOTO: ISPR

Army chief General Raheel Sharif has assured the Turkish civil leadership of complete support in tackling security challenges, the ISPR said on Tuesday.

In separate meetings with General Raheel in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu appreciated Pakistan’s role for regional peace as well as contributions of Pakistan Army in defeating terrorism.

#COAS in Turkey:Called on Turkish PM&President separately.Both leaders appreciated Pak role for regional peace-1 pic.twitter.com/nglcaMUULK
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) October 13, 2015

#COAS assured Turkish leadership/brothers total support in handling their security challenges-3
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) October 13, 2015

Read: Pakistan stands with Turkey in fight against terrorism: army chief

The Turkish leadership emphasised fraternal ties between the two brotherly nations, the ISPR added.

&Pak Army's contributions in defeating terrorism.Turkish leadership emphasised fraternal ties between two brotherly nations-2
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) October 13, 2015

The COAS also met the defence minister of Turkey, and agreed to further enhancing defence collaboration between the two countries.

#COAS also called on Def Min, CGS separately&expressed satisfaction on def coop,Both sides vowed 2 further enhance def collaboration-4
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) October 13, 2015

Army chief, who is on a three-day official visit to Turkey on Monday had met Turkish army chief Hulusi Akar, assuring him Pakistan stood with the country in its fight against terrorism.

Read: Pakistan bound to defeat all perpetrators of terrorism: Army chief

“Pakistan and Turkey are facing daunting challenges. I am sure we will surmount them with a common and coherent approach,” the army chief was quoted as saying by the ISPR.

The visit comes in the aftermath of terrorist attack in Ankara when two suspected suicide bombers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists outside the main train station, causing the loss of 86 lives.

COMMENTS (22)

Syed Nadeem | 8 years ago | Reply Coward Taliban are now defeated, so they are attacking unarmed students....laugh at them, make fun of them and shame them...they are not real men, they cannot fight man to man and face to face with soldiers. They are like little scared girls.

khan | 9 years ago | Reply I thing this news is not concerned to Indians but still they come and comment on ........ go on your own newspaper and comment there .....

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SN | 9 years ago | Reply @IBN E ASHFAQUE: "Our COAS is also our Foreign Minister……………." You didn't know it? Everyone else did! And not only foreign but, defense, interior, finance or any other portfolio you can think of!

SN | 9 years ago | Reply Dear ET: Censoring comments about the role of Indian Muslim Soldier during World War I in obliterating Ottoman Empire while serving his British Master does not change the historical fact. As a media outlet it is your journalistic responsibility to confront painful and shameful facts of history. Is it untrue that both countries are in an unfortunate situation of having openly hostile relations with all their neighbours? Please don't shoot the messenger; The Emperor's new cloths are wonderful indeed!

Balma | 9 years ago | Reply Raheel Shareef and this bajwa guy are behaving like Ayub Khan in early 1950s. Anyone remembers how Ayub Khan confined himself to a hotel in London (oh no, not Karachi) and wrote a summary on how to fix Pakistan?

curiious2 | 9 years ago | Reply Interesting picture ... two guys who control their countries from the shadow. Says something about Pakistan and Turkey and it's not positive.

Pnpuri | 9 years ago | Reply India should recognize reality of Pakistan and talk to General Sharrif. In turkey he met everyone from president downward. After General Musharraf coup, then Indian government decided not deal with Pakistan as democratic government was removed, but later we accepted reality of Pakistan talked to General Musharraf. Earlier we realize the defecto situation, it will be good for peace

Rollin & Trollin | 9 years ago | Reply Just love the Army Chief's 'total support' facial expression...

Ch. Allah Daad | 9 years ago | Reply We salute and appreciate sacrifices of our soldiers but making statements that terrorism has been defeated are not correct. Our brave soldiers are at battlefields and end is still very far.

kanishka | 9 years ago | Reply Sharif is the real PM; Nawaz.

Saira Khan | 9 years ago | Reply OMG look at all these obsessed indians littering on our news pages. God! don't you have stuff to do? why are you so obsessed with Pakistan? we know youre probably not being paid to do this, but life has so much to offer, which you decline for a little bit of obsession-play? perhaps you should change your citizenship to Pakistani.

Babbarsher Khan | 9 years ago | Reply Turkey banegaa Pakistan!

Blithe | 9 years ago | Reply Those giving the low iq comments , please see the pictures . The two Turkish politicians kicked out and jailed all their non-professional generals indulging in politics .

Kamal | 9 years ago | Reply Just as Ruhul Gandhi is india ' Pappu' looks like Nawaz Sharif is pakistan's. How foreign leaders going to. trust Nawaz Sharif? .

IBN E ASHFAQUE | 9 years ago | Reply Our COAS is also our Foreign Minister................

Akbar | 9 years ago | Reply Turkey is the new Pakistan. Breed snakes, the snake is going to bite you. General Zia started off the radicalization and meddled in Afghan affairs and Pakistan paid the price. Now, Turkey is doing exactly the same with Syria. Like Afghans refugees flowed into Pakistan, so have Syrians flowed into turkey. In both the cases Saudi provided the funds.

sabir Wahocho | 9 years ago | Reply Turkey modernized itself to cope with the global issues to a greater extent in last few decades.However,it is was unbearable for several world powers to see Turkey's blunt refusals to get their dictation.Consequently,plethora of conspiracies have raised their head now.This was anticipated as it is always catastrophic to live in pond and fight with the alligators.

abreez | 9 years ago | Reply 50,000 dead bodies are not enough, we want to fight wars of other countries. Do our Crown Prince know that very soon Pakistan will need intelligence about ISIL and when Turks will have 50% intelligence about ISIL, Kurd's will have 90%?

Blithe | 9 years ago | Reply For all those crazy commentators to follow, please not that turkey has purged itself of political generals . Please treat this as a professional trip and don't make silly comments

Salman Hussain | 9 years ago | Reply BOSS IN TURKEY

ali | 9 years ago | Reply except for when you actually ask Pakistan for help, like what happened in Yemen!

singh | 9 years ago | Reply Onething very strange, both pm & coas paying visits abroad at their own wills. Who is running the jinnah's land?

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