ANKARA: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan held a meeting with TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday (today), *Radio Pakistan* reported.
According to details, both the leaders discussed various bilateral,regional and international issues of mutual interest in the meeting.
PM Khan is visiting Turkey on the invitation of the Turkish president. Heis accompanied by a high level delegation comprising Minister for ForeignAffairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Finance Asad Umar, Minister forPlanning Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar and others.
Upon arrival, the premier was accorded a warm welcome by Turkish Ministerfor Trade Ruhsar Pekjan, Konya Governor Cuneyit Orhan Toprak and DeputyMayor Mithat at the airport.
It is the first visit of the premier to Turkey after assuming office.
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Addressing Turkish businessmen at a business forum in Ankara on Thursday,the prime minister said it was high time for Pakistan and Turkey to taketheir bilateral trade to a higher level. “Pakistan is fixing it’sgovernance system and cutting its costs.”
He added that Pakistan launched a big project to build five million housingunits and Turkish construction companies are welcome to invest in it.
CPEC “Special Economic Zones are being developed with China under the Beltand Road Initiative (BRI) which is another great opportunity to explore.”
