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- HLSCC was established in 2019, jointly headed by the prime minister of Pakistan and president of Turkey
- Provides overall guidance and vision for implementation of planned Strategic Economic Framework
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday he looked forward to hosting the next session of the Turkey-Pakistan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC) later this year.
The HLSCC was established in 2019 and is jointly headed by the prime minister of Pakistan and president of Turkey. It provides overall guidance and vision for the implementation of a Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) the two nations have agreed on and plan to sign this year.
Sharif was this week on his first visit to Turkey since becoming PM in April. He met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara and they agreed to hold the next round of high-level consultations in September in Islamabad.
“Just concluded most cordial and highly productive talks with my brother President Erdogan,” Sharif wrote on Twitter. “We have renewed commitment to inject greater substance to our existing strategic ties to the benefit of peoples of our two countries; Looking forward to
hosting 7th session of HLSCC.”
Earlier, the two leaders witnessed the signing of several memoranda of understanding by their cabinet members which ranged from highway engineering to economic relations and debt management.
Erdogan said the two countries would sign a strategic and economic framework agreement in Islamabad that would encompass a wide range of areas from bilateral trade to defense.
“We have grown our mutual trade volume which has exceeded the figure of $1 billion for the first time after 2010,” he said durin the ceremony. “Our aim is to achieve a figure of $5 billion.”