A Turkish delegation led by its parliamentarian and Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Professor Dr Muhammad Cetin visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) to discussed ways and means to explore and create joint venture opportunities between the two countries.
Professor Dr Muhammad Cetin upheld the friendship between Turkey and Pakistan and vowed to help Islamabad in its hard times, adding that there is no example of the deep love held between Pakistani people and the Turkish people. He also emphasised to increase bilateral trade up to $2 billion for economic prosperity of the two countries.
He urged upon the Muslim nations to further promote and strengthen economic ties and co-operation for exploiting the existing potential and ensuring maximum possible trade exchange. He said that Pakistan and Turkey are very important countries for the entire Muslim Ummah, having very strong potential to lead their respective regions.
Dr Cetin said that education is the best investment, therefore Pakistan should invest more in education sector to build human capital for surviving in the knowledge economy. To achieve growth through a well educated and skilful workforce, government should come up with policy reforms in the education sector, he maintained. In his welcome address, Zafar Bakhtawari, President ICCI said that Pakistan and Turkey have historic brotherly relations, thus both the countries should further strengthen the mutual trade relations by promoting business relations.