{"id":48812,"date":"2025-07-09T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=48812"},"modified":"2025-07-09T20:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:55:02","slug":"prime-minister-pakistan-stresses-upon-concerted-efforts-to-enhance-trade-with-turkiye-to-usd-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/prime-minister-pakistan-stresses-upon-concerted-efforts-to-enhance-trade-with-turkiye-to-usd-5-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Pakistan Stresses Upon Concerted Efforts to Enhance Trade with Turkiye to USD 5 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48816\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48816\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Turkiye-Pakistan-Trade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Turkiye-Pakistan-Trade.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Turkiye-Pakistan-Trade-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Turkiye-Pakistan-Trade-696x436.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Turkiye-Pakistan-Trade-670x420.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Islamabad : Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye, Hakan Fidan and Minister for National Defence of the Republic of Turkiye Yasar Guler calls on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, on July 9, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD : 08 July 2025 &#8211; The Prime Minister of Pakistan has stressed upon the need for concerted efforts by both sides to enhance bilateral trade with Turkiye to the attain the mutually agreed target of USD 5 billion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, Hakan Fidan and the Minister of National Defence, Yasar G\u00fcler, called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister was joined by the Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Chief of the Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, National Security Advisor Lt. General Muhammad Asim Malik and other senior officials.<\/p>\n<p>While welcoming the Turkish delegation, the Prime Minister underscored the longstanding fraternal ties between Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye, that remain deeply rooted in shared history, culture, and mutual respect.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed satisfaction over the positive trajectory of bilateral relations and reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s unwavering commitment to further strengthening cooperation with T\u00fcrkiye in diverse fields, including trade, investment, technology, and defence.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling his interactions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the year, including the most recent meeting between the two leaders on the margins of the 17thECO Summit, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s firm resolve to transform Pak-Turkiye relations into a strategic partnership in the days to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jF3CghvhZL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/turkish-foreign-defense-ministers-in-pakistan-sides-reaffirm-shared-commitment-to-peace-security-in-the-region\/\">Turkish Foreign &#038; Defense Ministers in Pakistan &#8211; Sides Reaffirm Shared Commitment to Peace &#038; Security in the Region<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Turkish Foreign &#038; Defense Ministers in Pakistan &#8211; Sides Reaffirm Shared Commitment to Peace &#038; Security in the Region&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/turkish-foreign-defense-ministers-in-pakistan-sides-reaffirm-shared-commitment-to-peace-security-in-the-region\/embed\/#?secret=jd5fMMitpo#?secret=jF3CghvhZL\" data-secret=\"jF3CghvhZL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the convening of the Joint Commission\u2019s meeting, co-chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the Prime Minister expressed hope that the bilateral relations between the two countries would attain further momentum, leading to bolstering of cooperation in multifaceted areas.<\/p>\n<p>While reiterating the commitment of the both countries to continue their strong and unwavering support for each other\u2019s core interests, the Prime Minister emphasized upon the need for closer coordination between the two sides amidst the fast evolving regional and global environment, particularly in the context of Gaza and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He once again expressed his deepest gratitude to the Turkish nation and leadership for their steadfast support to Pakistan during the recent Indian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting Pakistan\u2019s investor-friendly policies, he invited Turkish companies to expand their investment footprint in Pakistan and invited Turkish side to share its expertise to assist in Pakistan\u2019s structural reforms, economic growth and development efforts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tFDgSLwiIX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-june-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 June 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 June 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-june-2025\/embed\/#?secret=WF6HcXmPEl#?secret=tFDgSLwiIX\" data-secret=\"tFDgSLwiIX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : 08 July 2025 &#8211; The Prime Minister of Pakistan has stressed upon the need for concerted efforts by both sides to enhance bilateral trade with Turkiye to the attain the mutually agreed target of USD 5 billion. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, Hakan Fidan and the Minister of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[143,251,319,48,2082,124,2589],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48812"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48818,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48812\/revisions\/48818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}