Abdullah Gul's visit to Pakistan : In pictures and an article
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Cant see any of the pictures
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they are trying to start a train service between pakistan and turkey... i think it will be a cargo train!!!
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Turkish, Pakistani companies sign 400 mln USD trade agreement
Turkish President Gul said Turkey and Pakistan's friendship is contributing to the region.
Saturday, 03 April 2010 09:54
The Turkish president said on Friday that Turkish and Pakistani companies had signed 400 million USD of trade agreement.
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said Turkish and Pakistani businessmen had told him that companies of the two countries had signed trade agreements worth 400 million USD.
"Cargo transportation by trains among Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul will begin in August," Gul told reporters as he returned to Turkey from Pakistan.
Gul said this would shorten the distance between the two countries.
The trade volume between Turkey and Pakistan was 782 million USD in 2009.
Also, Gul said Turkey and Pakistan's friendship was contributing to the region.
Gul arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday, and met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani Parliament Speaker Fehmida Mirza, Senate Chairman Farooq Naek in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Gul attended the "Turkey-Pakistan Business Forum", and received Pakistan's State Medal.
Bilateral relations, regional issues, particularly Afghan-Pakistani relations and trilateral dialogue mechanism among Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey were main topics in Gul's meetings with Pakistani executives.
Turkish, Pakistani companies sign 400 mln USD trade agreement [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ]
Turkish President Gul said Turkey and Pakistan's friendship is contributing to the region.
Saturday, 03 April 2010 09:54
The Turkish president said on Friday that Turkish and Pakistani companies had signed 400 million USD of trade agreement.
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said Turkish and Pakistani businessmen had told him that companies of the two countries had signed trade agreements worth 400 million USD.
"Cargo transportation by trains among Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul will begin in August," Gul told reporters as he returned to Turkey from Pakistan.
Gul said this would shorten the distance between the two countries.
The trade volume between Turkey and Pakistan was 782 million USD in 2009.
Also, Gul said Turkey and Pakistan's friendship was contributing to the region.
Gul arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday, and met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani Parliament Speaker Fehmida Mirza, Senate Chairman Farooq Naek in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Gul attended the "Turkey-Pakistan Business Forum", and received Pakistan's State Medal.
Bilateral relations, regional issues, particularly Afghan-Pakistani relations and trilateral dialogue mechanism among Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey were main topics in Gul's meetings with Pakistani executives.
Turkish, Pakistani companies sign 400 mln USD trade agreement [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ]
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Firm friends
The News Editorial
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Some friends have stood by us through thick and thin, and Turkey is one of them. Turkish President Abdullah Gul has now returned home after a successful visit to us and it is worth reflecting on what it achieved. It is perhaps not immediately obvious but this was a visit low on protocol (although due protocol was observed at all times) and high on 'practicals.' A range of MoUs has been signed relating to the economy including the agricultural sector and inwards investment, all very welcome, but it is in the energy sector – perhaps our area of greatest need – that Turkey is coming to our assistance. The Turks will help us with setting up new thermal power plants and provide advice on planning and building small- and medium-sized dams, an area where they have considerable expertise. We may in future cooperate with Turkey on the development of a rail link via an extension of the Pak-Iran line that would open a range of markets to us not only in Turkey but through the back door of the EU.
The good news about our relationship with Turkey is that it does not come freighted with caveats and the arm-twisting that accompanies our relations with so many other larger and more powerful states. We are not beholden to them or dependant on them for aid -- although we welcome their advice and assistance and there is a sense of equity about how we relate to the Turks. They are a modern Muslim nation, secular and with an army that is the defender of that secularity, yet having an Islamist government currently in power. It is an educated state – not to the standards of the west yet but catching up fast and they have promised to help us to set up a technical college along the lines of that in Istanbul. It is in developing relations with moderate Muslim states such as Turkey that we may find the key to tackling our own problems of extremism, The construction of an alternative narrative that could provide a counterweight to the extremism that now has us in its grip would give traction to the moderate majority; and any move that empowers the moderates has to be worth exploring.
The News Editorial
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Some friends have stood by us through thick and thin, and Turkey is one of them. Turkish President Abdullah Gul has now returned home after a successful visit to us and it is worth reflecting on what it achieved. It is perhaps not immediately obvious but this was a visit low on protocol (although due protocol was observed at all times) and high on 'practicals.' A range of MoUs has been signed relating to the economy including the agricultural sector and inwards investment, all very welcome, but it is in the energy sector – perhaps our area of greatest need – that Turkey is coming to our assistance. The Turks will help us with setting up new thermal power plants and provide advice on planning and building small- and medium-sized dams, an area where they have considerable expertise. We may in future cooperate with Turkey on the development of a rail link via an extension of the Pak-Iran line that would open a range of markets to us not only in Turkey but through the back door of the EU.
The good news about our relationship with Turkey is that it does not come freighted with caveats and the arm-twisting that accompanies our relations with so many other larger and more powerful states. We are not beholden to them or dependant on them for aid -- although we welcome their advice and assistance and there is a sense of equity about how we relate to the Turks. They are a modern Muslim nation, secular and with an army that is the defender of that secularity, yet having an Islamist government currently in power. It is an educated state – not to the standards of the west yet but catching up fast and they have promised to help us to set up a technical college along the lines of that in Istanbul. It is in developing relations with moderate Muslim states such as Turkey that we may find the key to tackling our own problems of extremism, The construction of an alternative narrative that could provide a counterweight to the extremism that now has us in its grip would give traction to the moderate majority; and any move that empowers the moderates has to be worth exploring.
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