Türkiye, Pakistan reaffirm $5 billion trade goal
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have reaffirmed their target of raising bilateral trade to $5 billion, while pledging to deepen cooperation in defense, energy, transport, critical minerals and information technologies.
The two leaders held bilateral and delegation-level talks at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul before addressing a joint press conference.
Erdoğan said he was pleased to host Sharif and his delegation, and offered condolences over a deadly bus accident in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
He said the talks covered bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues.
