ISLAMABAD – Turkey defence exhibition in Islamabad commenced at thePakistan-China Friendship Center in Islamabad on Thursday.The developmentcomes a day after India cut down its defence exports to Turkey, includingexplosives and detonators, due to Ankara’s growing military cooperationwith Islamabad, the Indian daily Economic Times reported.
Pakistan said Turkey’s defence industry had reached the threshold ofinternational standards.
Both Pakistan and Turkey are responsible states and committed to work forinternational peace, harmony and stability, the minister said, adding: “Ourbilateral engagements have been important not only for peace and stabilitybut also for socio-economic development of our people,” he added.
The government is committed to facilitate the businessmenlinkthroughremoving all the hurdles in the way of business activities, Swati said,adding, “We want to provide all-out facilities to the businessmen under asystem.”
The development comes a day after India cut down its defence exports toTurkey, including explosives and detonators, due to Ankara’s growingmilitary cooperation with Islamabad, the Indian daily Economic Timesreported.
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Last week, Ankara backed Islamabad at the Financial Action Task Force inParis, thereby helping Pakistan to avoid being blacklisted by the globalanti-money laundering watchdog.
In late September, during his UN General Assembly speech, Erdoganlinkcalledfor an Indialinkdialogue on the long-disputed region of Kashmir.
India responded by saying that the Turkish president’s statement was”biased and unwarranted” and told the Turkish government to get a deeperunderstanding of the issue, which was an internal matter for India andPakistan, Sputnik has reported.
