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Turkey on Tuesday pledged support to Pakistan over the Kashmir dispute with India as Ankara pressed Islamabad to respond by banning Fethullah Gulen-run Pak-Turk schools network.
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country supported the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistani position on the dispute. Addressing a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Prime Minister on foreign affairs, he asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s secretary-general to mobilise OIC contact group on Kashmir and send a fact-finding mission to assess the situation in Kashmir.
He said the dispute can only be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy and not through use of force. He said the OIC Contact Group meet in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session in September to take stock of the situation in Kashmir.
Mr Cavusoglu thanked the government and people of Pakistan for extending support and expressing solidarity in the wake of attempted coup in Turkey. He expressed pleasure that Pakistani nation and the Parliament expressed full solidarity with Turkey and democracy.
The Turkish foreign minister said Ankara and Islamabad support each other in good and difficult times. He said that was why Pakistan was first country he was visiting following coup attempt in Turkey. He said Turkish and Pakistani people know they can rely on each other during most difficult times.
Mr Cavusoglu said their talks covered all aspects of relations and agreed increasing economic and commercial ties would be their priority. He hoped that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be signed in August.
He said Pakistan and Turkey have also been cooperating in the process of reconciliation in Afghanistan. The Turkish foreign minister said that his country is taking necessary legal measures against coup plotters and the terrorist organisation headed by Gulen. He said the organisation has a network of schools, businesses and cultural entities all over the world, including Pakistan.
He said Turkey had been supporting these organisations in the past, as it did not know they were plotting to take over power in Turkey. He said Turkey has full cooperation from Pakistan in addressing this problem. He pressed Pakistan to shut the Gulen-run schools as they had “hidden agenda”’ “Until now we were also support the Pak-Turk schools but we have now found out they have a hidden agenda,” he added.
Sartaj Aziz said the two countries has decided to further intensify engagement at all levels of relations to achieve this cherished goal.
http://www.asianage.com/international/turkey-pledges-back-pakistan-kashmir-225
Turkey on Tuesday pledged support to Pakistan over the Kashmir dispute with India as Ankara pressed Islamabad to respond by banning Fethullah Gulen-run Pak-Turk schools network.
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country supported the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistani position on the dispute. Addressing a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Prime Minister on foreign affairs, he asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s secretary-general to mobilise OIC contact group on Kashmir and send a fact-finding mission to assess the situation in Kashmir.
He said the dispute can only be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy and not through use of force. He said the OIC Contact Group meet in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session in September to take stock of the situation in Kashmir.
Mr Cavusoglu thanked the government and people of Pakistan for extending support and expressing solidarity in the wake of attempted coup in Turkey. He expressed pleasure that Pakistani nation and the Parliament expressed full solidarity with Turkey and democracy.
The Turkish foreign minister said Ankara and Islamabad support each other in good and difficult times. He said that was why Pakistan was first country he was visiting following coup attempt in Turkey. He said Turkish and Pakistani people know they can rely on each other during most difficult times.
Mr Cavusoglu said their talks covered all aspects of relations and agreed increasing economic and commercial ties would be their priority. He hoped that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be signed in August.
He said Pakistan and Turkey have also been cooperating in the process of reconciliation in Afghanistan. The Turkish foreign minister said that his country is taking necessary legal measures against coup plotters and the terrorist organisation headed by Gulen. He said the organisation has a network of schools, businesses and cultural entities all over the world, including Pakistan.
He said Turkey had been supporting these organisations in the past, as it did not know they were plotting to take over power in Turkey. He said Turkey has full cooperation from Pakistan in addressing this problem. He pressed Pakistan to shut the Gulen-run schools as they had “hidden agenda”’ “Until now we were also support the Pak-Turk schools but we have now found out they have a hidden agenda,” he added.
Sartaj Aziz said the two countries has decided to further intensify engagement at all levels of relations to achieve this cherished goal.
http://www.asianage.com/international/turkey-pledges-back-pakistan-kashmir-225
