Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif satisfied in Ankara on Sunday, consenting to deepen cooperation throughout numerous essential sectors, consisting of energy, transport, and defense, according to main declarations launched after the conference.
Following their talks, Erdoğa stated the 2 nations would “make every effort to improve cooperation in every field,” with specific concentrate on broadening financial and tactical ties. He likewise declared both countries’ shared interest in magnifying counterterrorism partnership, which he referred to as serving “the interests of both nations.”
Efforts to improve financial ties consist of a joint objective to raise yearly bilateral trade to $5 billion. Erdoğa likewise indicated the value of increasing the performance of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train line as a prospective financial passage connecting Asia and the Middle East.
Sharif, in a declaration published to social networks platform X, stated the conference permitted both leaders to examine development in “our diverse bilateral engagements, especially in trade and financial investment.” He included that both sides “declared their willpower to continue working carefully to even more enhance bilateral ties and cooperation.”
Turkey and Pakistan have actually kept traditionally close relations, rooted in shared spiritual and cultural ties in addition to military and tactical partnership. The 2 federal governments have actually formerly signed defense cooperation contracts and frequently collaborate on local diplomatic efforts.
Sunday’s conference shows the 2 nations’ continuous interest in leveraging their political positioning to establish useful collaborations in the financial and security fields.