Pakistan President with Turkish President
Pakistani President with Turkish Prime Minister
Trilateral protocol on police cooperation
Pakistan's Minister for Interior Mr. Rehman Malik alongiwth Interior Ministers of Afghanistan and Turkey signing a protocol on "the Establishment of a Trilateral Police Cooperation Programme in particular on Combating Drugs Trafficking between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan" at Istanbul on 24 December 2010.
Trilater MoU on Disaster Management
Trilateral protocol on establishment of audio video conference communication
Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey shaking hands after signing Protocol on the “Establishment of Direct Audio-Video Conference Communication Line” between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan on 24 December 2010.
LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE SIGNED DURING THE TRILATERAL SUMMIT 24 DECEMBER 2010
1. Protocol on the “Establishment of Direct Audio-Video Conference Communication Line” between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan
2. MoU on Disaster Management between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan
3. Letter of Intent on Media Cooperation
4. Protocol on the Establishment of a Trilateral Police Cooperation Programme in particular on Combating Drugs Trafficking between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan
5. Protocol on the Organization of Exhibitions regarding Cultural partnership between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan
Statement by the President of at the 11th ECO Summit at Istanbul, 23 December 2010
Your Excellency Mr. Abdullah Gul,
President of the Republic of Turkey
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure to join you all at the 11th Summit
I wish to convey to you warm greetings from the people of Pakistan
I am grateful to the Government of the Republic of Turkey
On behalf of the Pakistan delegation, and on my own behalf, I wish to congratulate my brother His Excellency President Abdullah Gul on assuming the chairmanship of the Summit
I am confident that under his able guidance, this meeting will be a landmark success.
I wish also to convey our deep appreciation to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for his able stewardship of the ECO, since the 10th Summit in Tehran
Excellencies,
Our region is blessed with enormous resources.
We have vast human capital.
We have huge natural resources including hydro-carbons, minerals, agriculture and technology.
ECO represents our best hope to promote trade and economic linkages in our region.
With a shared sense of destiny, we must pool resources to harness the potential of the Asian century.
We have the capacity to collectively address our needs and be masters of our own destiny.
Excellencies,
Since its establishment, ECO has matured and progressed.
Vision 2015 developed five years ago, is a pragmatic roadmap.
Since then, we have achieved a lot.
However, we still have a long way to go to exploit the true potential of our region.
Trans-regional development and economic integration is our core objective.
We need to fully operationalize the functional mechanisms of ECO.
This includes, placing ECO Trade Agreement on Fast Track. Pakistan Turkey
We encourage other members, who have not yet done so, to become parties to this Agreement.
Free trade is central to regional economic integration.
ECO Trade and Development Bank needs to be turned into a vibrant financial institution and a vehicle for project development.
We need to work together to protect our economies from the volatility of international markets and the protectionist and discriminatory policies.
In this context, our Central Banks and Planning Commissions have a central role.
We need to harmonize Standards including customs.
Excellencies,
Infrastructure and energy connectivity in our region should be one of our key goals.
Trade is possible only if we have infrastructure linkages and integrated border arrangements for trade facilitation.
One of the major achievements of ECO is the enforcement of the Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA).
Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul train service and ECO Truck Caravan are commendable successes.
We are ready to provide energy transport bridge and develop win-win scenarios.
Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and TAPI gas pipeline projects should be seen in this context.
Development is our strategic priority.
Excellencies,
We have a shared responsibility towards Afghanistan
Before concluding, I wish to make the following suggestions:
1. To realize the dream of creating an ECO Free Trade Area all members may operationalize ECO Trade Agreement.
2. Infrastructure and energy connectivity should be our strategic priority.
3. We may identify joint projects for trans-regional development.
4. The Heads of our Central Banks and Planning Departments may meet and suggest measures to protect our economies from global economic recession and volatility of international markets by suggesting innovative solutions.
5. We may attach priority attention to people-to-people contacts and establishing linkages between our universities, academia, think tanks and media organizations. We may collectively project and promote our common cultural heritage.
I would like to reiterate Pakistan Turkey
Thank you.
Pakistan President with Turkish Prime Minister
Minister Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Dolmabahce Palace Istanbul on 22
December 2010. Mr. Erdogan hosted dinner for the heads of state/government attending the 11th ECO Summit at Istanbul.
Pakistani President meeting with the Tajik President
President Zardari meets with President Roza of Kyrgyzsttan
the democratic government of Pakistan has given new impetus to its
relations with Kyrgyzstan and called for more work together to improve
the working and implementation of the quadripartite Agreement on
Transit Traffic.
The President was talking to the Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva
who called on him here on Wednesday at the sidelines of the Economic
Cooperation Organizagtion (ECO) meeting. He said that the ECO is a
useful forum and need to further strengthen it.
The two leaders discussed bilateral and regional issues of mutual
interest with particular focus on trade and economic relations and
cooperation in diverse fields.
The President congratulated the President of Kyrgyzstan
republic on successful holding of elections and formation of new
government. The President said that Pakistan attaches great importance
to taking further steps for strengthening bilateral relations with
Kyrgyzstan.
President Zardari told his Kyrgyz counterpart that both the
countries should enhance connectivity and create the institutional
framework as well as infrastructure for promoting trade.
The President greatly appreciated the support of the Kyrgyzstan
government in ensuring the protection of Pakistani students in their
country.
Both the leaders expressed satisfaction over holding of the 11th ECO
Summit and efforts of the socio-economic progress and prosperity of
the region and for their people.
President Zardari invited the Kyrgyz President to visit Pakistan at
the earliest opportunity.
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Defence
Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Chairman Board of
Investment , Ahmed Mandiwala and senior officials were present during
the meeting.
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