{"id":87721,"date":"2026-10-29T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=87721"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:33:29","slug":"president-zardari-highlights-pakistan-turkiye-brotherhood-defence-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/president-zardari-highlights-pakistan-turkiye-brotherhood-defence-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zardari highlights Pakistan\u2013T\u00fcrkiye brotherhood, defence cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Reaffirms commitment to strengthening historic partnership through trade, investment, defence, education and cultural ties; says Makkah Joint Defence Agreement will reinforce strategic cooperation with T\u00fcrkiye and Saudi Arabia<\/em><\/h6>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87493\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87493 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/d7e03b49-07d2-44c3-8791-3758a5916844-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Rehan Khan Director Diplomatic &amp; International Affairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised the importance of strengthening Pakistan\u2019s historic partnership with T\u00fcrkiye through closer cooperation in trade, investment, defence, education, culture and other areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, President Zardari highlighted the exceptional bond of brotherhood between the two countries, rooted in common history, faith, shared values and enduring ties between their peoples.<\/p>\n<p>He said T\u00fcrkiye had made significant progress over the past century by strengthening its institutions, advancing economic development and enhancing its standing and contributions to regional and international affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The president said Pakistan deeply valued the solidarity and generous support extended by the Turkish leadership and people during challenging times. He expressed confidence that the historic partnership between the two countries would continue to flourish through enhanced political engagement and closer cooperation across areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Referring to the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, President Zardari expressed confidence that the agreement would further strengthen bilateral and trilateral relations, deepen strategic cooperation among Pakistan, T\u00fcrkiye and Saudi Arabia, and contribute to lasting peace, security and stability in the region and beyond.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaffirms commitment to strengthening historic partnership through trade, investment, defence, education and cultural ties; says Makkah Joint Defence Agreement will reinforce strategic cooperation with T\u00fcrkiye and Saudi Arabia ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised the importance of strengthening Pakistan\u2019s historic partnership with T\u00fcrkiye through closer cooperation in trade, investment, defence, education, culture and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87721","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\/87721","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=87721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87723,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87721\/revisions\/87723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}