ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday vowed to further improve strategic, trade, and cultural ties between the two countries.
Speaking to media alongside the visiting dignitary, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan has longstanding friendly and exemplary ties with Turkey which always extended a helping hand to Pakistan in its testing time.
He said he and his Turkish counterpart discussed during delegation-level talks different issues of mutual interest, including the ones related to enhancing mutual trade, the former’s upcoming visit to Kabul, ties with Iran and the Kashmir dispute.
The FM said a conference with regard to the Kashmir issue would take place on the sidelines of the upcoming United Nation session and that he has extended an invitation to the Turkish minister to attend the same, which he has accepted.
He said it would be an important conference to talk about the issue of Kashmir as the UN report has also made mention of the atrocities being faced by the people of the disputed region.
Qureshi said Turkey would support Pakistan in striking its name off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) watch-list with regard to terror financing and money-laundering.
He has no words to express gratitude to the brotherly country for supporting Pakistan’s stance on the issue of blasphemous caricatures.
