PNN – Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan during an official visit to Ankara, and the two sides agree emphasized continued joint support for the Palestinian people and the need to immediately stop Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing the Turkish Anadolu Agency, in a joint press conference with Sharif, Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Islamabad’s firm stance on Israeli crimes and said the two countries will continue to cooperate in all international forums to realize the rights of the Palestinian people.
Erdogan said that in today’s meeting with the Pakistani Prime Minister, bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues were discussed.
Referring to his visit to Pakistan last February, he announced that during that visit, the two countries signed 25 cooperation agreements in various fields, including trade, water resources, agriculture, energy, culture, family affairs and social services, science, banking, education, defense, and health.
The Turkish President added that extensive cooperation between Ankara and Islamabad plays an important role in establishing peace and stability in the region.
He also emphasized the alignment of views between Türkiye and Pakistan in almost all areas, praising Islamabad’s firm stance on the Palestinian issue, and saying: Pakistan is among the countries that have shown the strongest reaction to the Zionist regime’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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The Pakistani Prime Minister also called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza.
He emphasized that cooperation in the field of defense and security industries constitutes a very important part of the Pakistan-Türkiye partnership.
Sharif stated that “during his meeting with Erdogan, they discussed regional and global issues,” adding: We condemn the dire situation in Gaza and condemn the brutal genocide and murder of more than 50,000 Palestinians.
Sharif called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to enter the Palestinian people without interruption.
He emphasized: An independent Palestinian state must be established based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its center. This is a just, comprehensive, and sustainable solution to the Palestinian issue.
On October 7, 2023, the Israeli regime launched a war against the Gaza Strip with two main goals: to destroy the Hamas movement and return the Zionist prisoners from the region, but it failed to achieve these goals and was forced to reach an agreement with the Hamas movement to exchange prisoners.
On January 19, 2025, based on an agreement between Hamas and the Israeli regime, a ceasefire was established in the Gaza Strip, and a number of prisoners were exchanged. However, the Israeli regime subsequently refused to enter into the second phase of the ceasefire negotiations and, in violation of the terms of the ceasefire, resumed its military aggression against the Gaza Strip.