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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey Wednesdayreaffirmed their commitment to further reinforce the specialties and growing cooperation between the two countries.

The reaffirmation was made during a meeting betweenSpeaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, according to a statement.

Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is visiting Turkey along witha parliamentary delegation on the invitation of TGNA SpeakerIsmail Kahraman.

President Erdogan was accompanied by Speaker of theTurkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Ismail Kahraman,Chairman of Turkey-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship GroupMuhammet Balta, and other senior Turkish officials.

Speaker Ayaz Sadiq was accompanied by Convener ofPakistan-Turkey Friendship Group in the National Assembly,Pervaiz Malik, and Pakistans Ambassador to Turkey SohailMahmood.

During the meeting, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq lauded the remarkable progress made by Turkey under PresidentErdogans stewardship, adding that it was a shining examplefor the Muslim Ummah to emulate.

He also conveyed best wishes from Pakistan for Turkeysenhanced political development and economic progress in thefuture.

Reiterating Pakistans strong solidarity with thegovernment and people of Turkey against the heinous coupattempt of July 15, the Speaker expressed deep admiration forthe historic resistance by the Turkish people led from thefront by President Erdogan against the illegal action, whichserved as an inspiration for people across the globe.

PresidentErdogan conveyed his greetings for President Mamnoon Hussainand Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Noting the consistent growth in the multifaceted Turkey-Pakistan relationship, President Erdogan stressed that stepsshould continue to be taken to take the political, economic,trade, defence, defence industry, and cultural cooperation tonewer levels.

Recalling his recent visit to Pakistan to attend the13th Economic Coordination Organization (ECO) Summit inIslamabad, he hoped that the momentum generated by it wouldenable the regional countries to impart further depth to theireconomic initiatives.

President Erdogan also reaffirmed Turkeys full supportand solidarity for Pakistan on all issues and reiterated theresolve to further fortify bilateral ties.

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