{"id":87292,"date":"2026-09-18T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=87292"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:47:55","slug":"turkiye-pakistan-reaffirm-commitment-to-deepen-bilateral-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/turkiye-pakistan-reaffirm-commitment-to-deepen-bilateral-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye, Pakistan reaffirm commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ambassador Irfan Neziro\u011flu briefs DPM\/FM Ishaq Dar on progress under bilateral mechanisms; sides stress close coordination ahead of Joint Commission and 8th High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye to Pakistan Irfan Neziro\u011flu called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and briefed him on progress under various bilateral institutional mechanisms aimed at advancing cooperation across a range of areas.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Ambassador apprised the Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister of developments following recent high-level interactions between Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye and highlighted progress under the existing bilateral mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T\u00fcrkiye, Pakistan reaffirm commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HefO6rTyHnY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Senator Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to further deepening its engagement with T\u00fcrkiye, particularly in key priority areas of mutual interest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister emphasised the importance of close coordination between relevant departments of the two countries in preparing for the forthcoming Joint Commission and the 8th session of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC), with a view to advancing the bilateral cooperation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides also exchanged views on the evolving regional situation and matters of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ishaq Dar underscored Pakistan\u2019s consistent position that dialogue and diplomacy remain the only viable path to resolving outstanding issues and achieving lasting peace, stability and prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting reaffirmed the close and multifaceted relationship between Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye and the two countries\u2019 shared resolve to further strengthen bilateral cooperation through institutional mechanisms and high-level engagement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87294\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1199\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-582x420.jpg 582w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-696x502.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSemXDraIAERD5d-1068x770.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassador Irfan Neziro\u011flu briefs DPM\/FM Ishaq Dar on progress under bilateral mechanisms; sides stress close coordination ahead of Joint Commission and 8th High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye to Pakistan Irfan Neziro\u011flu called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and briefed him on progress under various bilateral institutional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87295,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87292\/revisions\/87295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}