Türkiye and Pakistan sign 24 agreements

Türkiye and Pakistan sign 24 agreements

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan signed the declaration "Deepening, Diversifying, and Institutionalising the Strategic Partnership," alongside the signing of 24 cooperation agreements between the two countries across various fields.

President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Sharif of Pakistan chaired the Seventh Meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council after their bilateral meeting at the Prime Ministry building.

Following the meeting, President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Sharif signed the joint declaration "Deepening, Diversifying, and Institutionalising the Strategic Partnership" between the two countries. 

Following the signing of the joint statement, 24 cooperation agreements across various fields were signed between the two countries in the presence of President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Sharif of Pakistan.

In this context, the "Protocol on the Exchange of Military and Civilian Personnel for Social and Cultural Purposes," "Memorandum of Understanding on Air Force Electronic Warfare Cooperation," and "Protocol on Training and Cooperation in Military Health" between the two countries were signed by Minister of National Defence Yaşar Güler and Minister of Defence of Pakistan, Khawaja M.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar and Minister of Energy of Pakistan Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari signed the "Protocol on Amendment of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Hydrocarbons," "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Energy Transition," and "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Mining."

Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat and Federal Minister of Commerce of Pakistan Jam Kamal Khan signed the "Joint Declaration on the Development of the Goods Trade Agreement" and the "Memorandum of Understanding on the Digitalisation of the Approval of Certificates of Origin."

"Cooperation Agreement on Water" and "Cooperation Agreement on Seed Production" were signed by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı and Minister of National Food Security and Research of Pakistan Rana Tanveer Hussain.

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fathi Kacır and Pakistani Science and Technology Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of Legal Metrology Infrastructure" and the "Memorandum of Understanding between TÜBİTAK and Pakistan National Textile University for Technical Assistance and Development of Pakistan-Türkiye Textile Technology Centre."

The Memorandum of Understanding between Turk Eximbank and EXIM Bank of Pakistan was signed by Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat and Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb.

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Industrial Property" was signed by Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır and Federal Minister for Commerce of Pakistan Jam Kamal Khan.

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Fields of Religious Services and Religious Education" was signed by the President of Religious Affairs, Ali Erbaş, and Pakistan's Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, Chaudhry Salik Hussain.

Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat and Pakistani Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, signed the "Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in the Field of Halal Trade."

The Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye and the State Bank of Pakistan was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan and Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb.

Presidency's Head of Communications Fahrettin Altun and Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ataullah Tarar signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Public Relations and Communication" and the "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in  Media and Communication."

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Fields of Health and Pharmacy" was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan and Pakistan's Minister for National Food Safety and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain.
The Memorandum of Understanding between Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and the Naval Research and Development Institute (NRDI) of Pakistan was signed by Mehmet Demiroğlu, General Manager of the Turkish Aerospace, and Javed Iqbal, General Manager of the NRDI.

Secretary of Defence Industries Haluk Görgün and Pakistan's Federal Minister for Defence Production Khawaja Muhammad Asif signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Secretariat of Defence Industries and Pakistan's Ministry of Defence Production.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan and Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ataullah Tarar, signed the "Joint Production Agreement on Audiovisual Services" and the "Cultural Cooperation Agreement."

Two memorandums of understanding concerning the Türkiye-Pakistan Business Forum were signed during the signing ceremony.