ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday showered Turkiye with praise over its unflinching support to Pakistan on every regional and international front, saying both the countries are tied a bond of deep-rooted historic, cultural and brotherly bilateral relations.
Ahsan Iqbal said that that Pakistan and Turkiye are two countries but one nation.
He expressed thee views during the concluding ceremony of an International Conference on Celebrating 75th Years of Turkiye-Pakistan Relations as chief guest at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) on Wednesday.
He said that during the recent horrific floods, Turkiye’s help and support was unprecedented and unsolicited.
The minister paid warm gratitude to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his immediate support in the relief activities during the crisis.
Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Prof Dr Mehmet Pacaci, Rector NUML Maj-Gen Muhammad Jaffar HI (M) (r), Pro-Rectors, Deans, Directors, HoDs, faculty members and a large number of students also attended the ceremony.
Addressing the youth, the minister stressed the need for peace and harmony and advised them to keep away from internal polarization and the forces of propaganda. “We must learn from Turkiye in this regard.”
Rector NUML Maj-Gen Muhammad Jaffar HI (M) thanked the federal minister for gracing the concluding ceremony of the conference with his presence.
He also appreciated and thanked the efforts of Turkish ambassador and Department of Turkish Studies for arranging such an important conference on the bilateral relations of two brotherly nations.
Earlier, at the inaugural ceremony was held in which former Ambassador and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood was the chief guest while Turkish Ambassador Prof Dr Mehmet Pacaci, Director General NUML Brig Syed Nadir Ali and Dean Languages Prof Dr Jamil Asghar Jami shared their thoughts on the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Turkiye.
Later scholars from Pakistan and Turkiye presented their papers on the said topic in two sessions. The conference was also attended by ambassadors and diplomats from brotherly countries.
