KARACHI: Turkey and Pakistan play very important roles in their respective regions and defence ties between the two countries are becoming ever closer. This was stated by Murad Bayar, Undersecretary for Defence Industries of the Republic of Turkey at a reception hosted last evening in his honour by Turkish Ambassador Babur Hizlan. The Turkish defence undersecretary is leading an 80-member and 13 companies’ delegation that is participating in the Ideas 2012 exhibition being held in Karachi. Speaking informally to the media at the reception Bayar said their visit has been excellent as all Turks consider Pakistan as their second home. He said that the visit was also proving productive as it had given an opportunity to both sides to renew contacts and take the relationship further. He said Turkey was pleased that the defence projects underway between the two countries were progressing well. He said that a series of very productive meetings had already been held in this respect. staff report
via Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – ‘Pakistan-Turkey defence ties exemplary’.