Pakistan, Turkey cooperation in defence to be enhanced: Naveed Qamar

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Pakistan, Turkey cooperation in defence to be enhanced: Naveed Qamar


zzzzz-16ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar Thursday said that Pakistan and Turkey could jointly produce defence products in their respective countries that would help in technology transfer and generate economic activities.

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The Defence Minister, who is on an official visit to Turkey at theinvitation of his Turkish counterpart stated this while talking to TurkishPresident Abdullah Gul in Ankara, a message received here from Turkey said.



The minister commended the excellent cooperation between the defenceestablishments of the two countries.



The Turkish President stressed that the existing strategic partnershipbetween Pakistan and Turkey provides an excellent opportunity for joint ventures between the defence industries of the two countries.



He noted that both countries take pride in their armed forces which have many complementarities and strong traditions of close cooperation. TheTurkish President also referred to the regional situation and said the wholeworld recognizes the sacrifices that the people and defence forces of Pakistan were making in the fight against terrorism and extremism.



Earlier, Syed Naveed Qamar held a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz. Upon arrival at the Turkish Defence Ministry, the Pakistanidignitary was presented a guard of honour.



Both sides agreed to raise the level of High Level Military Dialogue Group, which is an institutional mechanism for boosting defence ties between the two brotherly countries.



The Turkish Defence Minister referred to the project of midlife up-gradation of F-16 aircrafts of Pakistan undertaken by Turkish AerospaceIndustries and termed it as a symbol of excellent defence cooperation.



Syed Naveed Qamar referred to a recent agreement of building a fleet tanker for Pakistan Navy by STM of Turkey and said this is a best model for our future defence cooperation.



Murad Bayar, Under Ssecretary of the Turkish Defence Industries also called on the visiting Pakistani Minister. They discussed various proposals related to joint production of defence projects and took stock of the ongoing defence project.



Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2013

 

[Gryphon]

Waiting for the T-129's .......hope our Defence Ministry will be ordering them soon

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Hope we get T-129 and Milgem.... we seriously need gunships and naval ships..

 

[KRAIT]

Point is how many these helis will be ordered, their price and would Turkey extend some concessions or soft loans.

 

[mehmeTcc]

Point is how many these helis will be ordered, their price and would Turkey extend some concessions or soft loans.

Turkey had been working on a system similar to American FMS. Loans are not a problem anymore for future buyers.

 

[T-123456]

Turkey had been working on a system similar to American FMS. Loans are not a problem anymore for future buyers.

Especialy not for Pakistan.