ANKARA: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will start a four-day visit to Turkey Monday to discuss bilateral and regional issues, the Turkish prime minister’s office said.
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Gilani and his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were to chair the first meeting of a “high-level cooperation council” set up last year and comprising several ministers from both sides, a statement said Sunday.
The meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, an official from Erdogan’s press office said.
Gilani’s programme included also talks with President Abdullah Gul, a speech at the Turkish parliament and a meeting with Turkish business people in Istanbul.
Turkey has had traditionally close ties with Pakistan.
Since 2007 it has also hosted meetings between the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan in a bid to push them to overcome their differences and cooperate against extremists.
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