Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the current government of Israel “must not be allowed to spread the smell of gunpowder and blood in our region again,” during a Saturday meeting with the Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul.
“With the Islamabad Agreement between Washington and Tehran, the world breathed a sigh of relief,” Erdogan said.
He then added that “any solution that does not rely on the countries of the region will not be sustainable, and no solution can last if it is outside the will of the countries of the region and without their contribution.”
Erdogan also announced a new cooperation plan with Turkey in the energy, transport, critical minerals, information technology and defense sectors, while pursuing a bilateral trade target of $5 billion.
Earlier on Saturday, officials from both countries attended a business forum in Istanbul. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Turkish firms wanted to contribute to projects in Pakistan and share Turkey’s energy-sector expertise as Pakistan undergoes a transformation of its electricity sector.
Source: Al-Manar English Website