Times of Islamabad

Pakistan Turkey held bilateral consultations on Non Proliferation and Disarmament

Pakistan Turkey held bilateral consultations on Non Proliferation and Disarmament

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to continue their cooperationat various multilateral fora.

The understanding came during 6th Round of Pakistan-Turkey BilateralConsultations on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Issues held in Ankara.

The Pakistani delegation was led by Director General Director General ArmsControl and Disarmament Mohammad Kamran Akhtar while the Turkish side wasled by Turkish Foreign Ministry Ambassador Alper Coskun.

The two sides had a detailed exchange of views on the entire spectrum ofdevelopments in the area of non-proliferation and disarmament.

Both sides also discussed the evolving global and regional securityenvironments and their impact on the global arms control and disarmamentagenda.

Pakistan side expressed appreciation of Turkey’s consistent support forPakistan’s membership bid in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which wasreaffirmed in the meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan during the Prime Minister’s first official visit toTurkey this month.