A delegation led by All Industrialists and Businessmen Association Istanbul Chairman Yasar Dogan met Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Matters of mutual interest including the promotion of Pak-Turk relations and increase in cooperation in different sectors were discussed in the meeting. The CM said that there are historical and friendly relations between Pakistan and Turkey and economic ties between the two countries are strengthening with the passage of time. He said that a number of Turk companies are investing in various sectors in Pakistan, especially Punjab, due to which economic relations between the two countries have strengthened.
The CM said that economic relations between Pakistan and Turkey would further strengthen with the exchange of trade and industrial delegations and the EXPO to be held in Istanbul next month is of vital importance in this regard. He said that a delegation from Punjab would also participate in the EXPO in Istanbul. He said that a Punjab-Turkish Desk has been set up at the Punjab Investment Board, which will play an important role in the promotion of industrial, trade and economic relations between the two countries. Shehbaz Sharif said that the Punjab government wants to set up a theme park in Lahore and it will welcome Turk cooperation in this regard.
Yasar Dogan expressed the desire to increase cooperation with the Punjab government in terms of tourism and other sectors, and said that it will be a matter of pleasure if Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif participates in the EXPO to be arranged in Istanbul in October. He said that his President Tayyip Erdogan would inaugurate the EXPO. The Turk delegation formally invited Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif to participate in the EXPO and said that a Pakistani pavilion will also be set up in the EXPO. Punjab Investment Board Chairman Abdul Basit, former Pakistan Ambassador to Turkey Haroon Shaukat, and other concerned officers were also present on the occasion.
