Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has felicitated Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Davutoglu and Turk people on National Day of Turkey.
The chief minister said there were deep-rooted historical relations between Pakistan and Turkey and hearts of the people of the two countries beat together. He said there was a strong relationship of mutual respect between the people of Pakistan and Turkey and the friendship between the two countries had been strengthening with the passage of time.
He said the growing economic cooperation between Pakistan and Turkey was cementing Pak-Turk friendship.
CM said that under the leadership of Erdogan, Turkey had made extraordinary progress within a short period. He said that Turkey had supported Pakistan in every hour of need and socio-economic assistance and cooperation of Turkey to Pakistan during natural calamities was a proof of strong relations between the two countries.
He said that the state-of-the-art Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital, Muzaffargarh was a splendid gift of Turkey for Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif said credit went to the Pakistan Muslim League-N government for giving the form of economic cooperation to longstanding brotherly sentiments between the people of Turkey and Pakistan.
He said the unflinching faith expressed by the Turk people in democracy recently was commendable. He said that Turkey had made progress with the help of a democracy-loving society and the supreme sacrifices of Turk people for democracy will always be remembered.