KARACHI, Pakistan

Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to “further” strengthen bilateral relations with Türkiye with a special focus on trade, investment, information technology, and defense cooperation.

The reaffirmation was made during a meeting between Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz in the capital Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a post on X.

Yilmaz is currently visiting Pakistan.

Ankara and Islamabad have boosted bilateral trade cooperation and investment in recent years, aiming to achieve an annual trade volume of $5 billion in next few years.

The current investment volume of 54 Turkish companies in Pakistan is $3.5 billion.