Islamabad:
President Asif Zardari met with Prince Rahim Aga Khan V on Monday and offered his condolences for the death of his father, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, who died in the Portuguese capital last week, said the press wing of the press of the Secretariat of the President in a press release.
He said the president expressed his sincere sympathy in the name of the people and the Government of Pakistan. He said that the Pakistani nation cried the loss of a “true friend” and “great philanthropist”, whose “visionary leadership improved people’s lives” worldwide.
The president praised the contributions of the late Aga Khan to the social and economic development of Pakistan, particularly in medical care, education, community development and poverty relief. He expected Prince Rahim to continue his father’s mission to serve the cause of humanity.
While heading to Lisbon, the president had a stop at the Istanbul airport and held a brief meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties, matters of mutual interest and exchanged courtesies.
The meeting between Zardari and Erdogan occurred when the Turkish president embarked on a three -day visit of three nations that would take him to Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan. According to Sabah Daily from Turkiye, Erdogan would visit Pakistan in the last stage of his tour.
He pointed out that the relations of Pakistan-Turkiye reached the highest level under successive holdings of the Turkish president. Two countries increased cooperation particularly in the defense industry, with agreements signed in the acquisition of naval vessels and non -improvised aerial vehicles (UAV).
During the visit from February 10 to 13, Erdogan’s meeting “would focus on improving cooperation in several fields, as well as hot issues on the international agenda, from the Palestinian-Israel conflict to the situation in Syria … Thus As in the Russian-Ukraine conflict. “
(With news desktop information)
