LAHORE, Pakistan: The Punjab Minister for Housing, Urban Development & Public Health, Tanveer Aslam Malik leading a delegation of senior government officials and private sector executives met Turkish Minister for Environment and Urbanization Ms Fatma G ldemet SARI in Ankara on Wednesday.
According to an official hand-out, in a delegation-level talk, the two sides held a detailed exchange of views on multiple dimensions of Pakistan-Turkey relations and reaffirmed the commitment of the top leadership to forge a strong bilateral economic partnership, commensurate with the excellent political relationship.
The Minister recalled the visit of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to Turkey in December 2015, during which he had met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and had discussed ways of further deepening trade, investment and economic cooperation with Turkey.
He also highlighted the Punjab government’s special focus on low-cost housing and learning from Turkish experience in this context.
Turkish Minister Fatma G ldemet SARI fully reciprocated the desire for deepening and broadening the economic relationship between Turkey and Pakistan and affirmed Turkey’s readiness to share its experience in urban planning, housing, and other related fields.
The Minister also highlighted the extensive work of the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKI) in the housing sector in Turkey and added that the Turkish side would be glad to share the accumulated knowledge and experience, adapted to Pakistan’s environment and specific requirements.
The Punjab delegation’s visit is aimed at learning from Turkish experience in provision of low-cost housing. It is in follow-up of the recent agreement reached between the government of Punjab and TOKI.
Source: APP
