President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted President Dr Arif Alvi in Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul on 15 August 2021.
The Presidents were also accompanied by Turkish First Lady Emine Erdoğan and Pakistan’s First Lady Mrs. Samina Alvi.
The two leaders held wide-ranging talks and discussed further strengthening of bilateral relations through implementation of the Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) that was signed in February 2020.
Both sides held detailed discussions on issues pertaining to Afghanistan. The two leaders discussed how Pakistan and Turkey could cooperate in dealing with the consequences of the extremely fluid situation in Afghanistan.
Subsequent to the meeting, Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Erdoğan also had a discussion on the phone on developments in Afghanistan.
In his meeting with President Alvi, President Erdoğan also stated that he looked forward to hosting the meeting of the 7th High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council in Turkey this year.
President Dr. Alvi apprised President Erdoğan about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and thanked him for Turkey’s consistent support on the matter.
President Dr. Alvi is visiting Turkey upon the invitation of President Erdoğan to participate in the launching ceremony of the first of the four MILGEM corvettes for the Pakistan Navy.
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