Pakistan and Turkey mutually agreed on extending their mutual cooperation in different areas particularly in civil aviation.
It was decided in a meeting between Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan and Ambassador of Turkey in Pakistan S Babur Girjin here in Islamabad on Friday.
Besides, Aviation Division Secretary Irfan Elahi and other officials were also present on this occasion. Matters of mutual interests to strengthening the ties between both countries particularly related to aviation industry were also discussed in the meeting.
The advisor highlighted the various steps underway for ongoing advancement of national airline specifically flights safety, punctuality, ground handling, maintenance and induction of latest technology as well for the promotion of aviation.
Turkish ambassador highly appreciated all the endeavours taken by the incumbent government and the advisor in this regard. Sardar Mehtab Ahmad acknowledged the significant and protagonist contribution of Turkey in the region under the leadership of Tayyip Erdogan and expressed that being functioning democracies, Pakistan and Turkey were important icons of Muslim community and they owed important geographical positions in the region.
He also shared that both countries were bound with fraternal ties which should be cultivated constantly in order to promote mutual interests. He also added that both countries always strived to ripen mutual understanding not only with their neighborhood countries but also with Islamic Ummah.
Sardar Mehtab further said that Pakistan always wanted to establish close relations with Turkey by removing all gaps and barriers as per the vision of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif which was poised to become stronger in coming years.
In the meeting, it was decided that in order to follow a fast-pace sustainable development model and to embark on solid infrastructure of aviation sector, both counties should exchange the skills and technology to upgrade the competiveness and performance of aviation industry.
