Cooperation with Pakistan, Azerbaijan rapidly developing, says Erdogan
ANKARA (AA) – Hailing longstanding bilateral ties, the Turkish president on Friday said his country is also rapidly developing its trilateral cooperation with Pakistan and Azerbaijan.
“In addition to our bilateral cooperation, we also exchanged views on important regional and international issues on our common agenda,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a joint news conference with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul.
Türkiye, he said, has many successful joint cooperation projects aiming for the peace and stability of South Asia with Pakistan.
The trade volume between two countries has reached $1 billion and it continues to increase, he added.
Sharif on Friday proposed extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), inviting Türkiye to join the multi-billion-dollar project.
“China and Pakistan are great friends and we are experiencing and enjoying the benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative of (Chinese) President Xi (Jinping). I would suggest let this be a cooperation between China, Pakistan, and Turkiye,” Sharif told the news conference.
Sharif also said such cooperation among the three nations “will bring prosperity and progress in this entire region.”
“This will help the alleviation of poverty and unemployment. This will promote education and this is how we can really meet the challenges of today,” the Pakistani prime minister said.
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